When someone submits a claim for post-traumatic stress syndrome, he or she has always been out of the Canadian Forces for four or five years. So we must have the medical documentation. Through the Canadian Forces' medical system, we will obtain the necessary documents. And if we need additional medical information, we will often get it from Sainte-Anne Hospital. A number of patients at that hospital have suffered post-traumatic stress syndrome. So once we have all the documents, we can approve a claim.
When we approve a claim for post-traumatic stress syndrome for someone who was released from the Canadian Forces five, six or seven years previously, the benefits are paid retroactively back to the date of release. We do not go back one year. People might think that if a claim is approved today, the benefits will start today. In fact, if we approve the claim today and the person was released in 2002, the benefits will be calculated starting in 2002. It is retroactive.