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Anybody know the wait time for Additional Pain and Suffering Compensation applications

Contact Bureau of Pension Advocates and they will assist you. I was in same boat as you and they will take care of everything. You will require an assessment from your doctor so you can get that at anytime. You can also print the Tables of Disabilities that deals with your condition and show it...

Was yours a formal Appeal or was it a Reassessment or Departmental Review. Not really clear on difference between Reassessment / Department Review as BPA submitted a Department Review for one of my conditions in Dec 2021 and it was completed in early June however VAC termed it a Reassessment. I...

My departmental review was at Step 3 and yesterday it changed to More Information. When I clicked on it there was no information and indicated I needed to call them to get an update. I called and was told that they could not see any more information than I was seeing. What a dumpster fire of an...

I wish I knew the answer as well. I submitted my application in 2016 and it is at Stage 3 for the 3rd time. It was at Stage 3 for 83 weeks and then suspended as VAC medical did not agree with diagnosis. I went to a specialist that confirmed the diagnosis and since then it has been at Stage 3 for...

Congrats on finally having your claim completed.

My application went to Stage 3 and was suspended on 2 occasions. The last time my application was at Stage 3 for 85 weeks before it was suspended as VAC Dr did not agree with diagnosis. Neurologist sent proof of diagnosis and I am now at Stage 3 for 33 weeks. My understanding from discussion...

My claim was at 84 weeks when it was suspended as VAC medical disagreed with my doctors diagnosis without ever even examining or talking to me. I got confirmation of my doctors diagnosis from a specialist and my claim is now back at step 3. Claim was initiated in 2016.

Mine took approx. 2 weeks and money was deposited in my account.

Interesting how they calculate that. My application was submitted in 2016 and is at Stage 3 for the 3rd time as they suspended it twice. It does appear that things are improving as the Wait Time took a big drop this week and more people seem to be getting their applications settled.

The letter from VAC specifically says that the Doctor consulted by VAC did not agree with the diagnosis provided by my doctor.

From the explanation from VAC they did not lose the paperwork. The Medical Consult doctor from VAC did agree that there is a medical condition but did not agree with my Doctors diagnosis. I now have to go back to my doctor and have him refer me to a specialist to confirm diagnosis. I am really...

Yes my doctor completed their forms. A VAC Benefit Officer even sent me a secure message on My VAC ACCOUNT indicating she had contacted my doctor and confirmed the diagnosis and that my file was proceeding to decision level Step 3.

So after 87 weeks at Step 3 my Disability Application was Suspended. This the second time that my application was suspended as I originally submitted in October 2016 and it was Suspended. I was told to resubmit and did so in March 2018. When I called them today to find out why my application was...

I do not believe that you would receive the same benefits. Under 3B your pension indexes immediately where as under VR you need age & years of service to equal 85. If I could go back I would have waited for 3B instead of just retiring. I had a job offer at the time and did not want to turn it...