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The Bureau of Pensions Advocates (BPA) is a nation-wide, semi-independent law firm within Canada's Department of Veterans Affairs (also known as Veterans Affairs Canada). In place in one form or another since October 1, 1930, it provides free counsel and legal representation to Canadian Veterans and members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in appeals before the Veterans Review and Appeal ...
The Veterans Review and Appeal Board (VRAB; French: Tribunal des anciens combattants (révision et appel)) is a government of Canada agency responsible for hearing reviews and appeals by ill and injured Veterans and members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in relation to disability pension and award decisions by Veterans Affairs Canada.
This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Research Service, a public domain source. [1]The Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2014 would direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase, as of December 1, 2014, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain ...
This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Research Service, a public domain source. [4]The Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2013 directed the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase, as of December 1, 2013, the rates of veterans' disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance ...
Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC; French: Anciens Combattants Canada) is the department within the Government of Canada with responsibility for pensions, benefits and services for war veterans, retired and still-serving members of the Canadian Armed Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), their families, as well as some civilians.
Combat-Related Special Compensation addresses the situation where disabled military veterans concurrently receive military retirement payments and disability compensation payments. This benefit ensures that some of these veterans receive supplementary tax-free payments if their service-connected disability can be attributed to combat, hazardous ...
Pat Stogran is a retired Colonel of the Canadian Forces Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) and was Canada's first Veteran's Ombudsman.In 2010, Stogran criticized the Conservative government's choice to enforce the New Veterans Charter, which was signed into law by the previous Liberal government in 2005 after approval by all parties.
Minister of Veterans Affairs Greg Thompson (left) and veterans. In the 2006 federal election , the Conservative Party of Canada campaigned for veterans' rights. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Conservatives said a bill of rights would remedy what they saw as the "shameful way" veterans were handled by the government. [ 5 ]