Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, absolutely. It really depends on how serious the injury is.

Veterans Affairs committee  These days, we do not have hospitals exclusively for veterans. They are almost all open to civilians, but there are hospitals that give priority to veterans. During an evacuation from a theatre of operations, a hospital in Percy is responsible for receiving most of the injured so

Veterans Affairs committee  That really depends on where the veteran is. If they are in the Paris area, they can easily go to a military hospital. There are not many military hospitals these days. If I remember correctly, there may be 10 or so, eight or nine, I think. They are basically in the large French

Veterans Affairs committee  It is an administrative issue. It is never easy when it comes to transparency. A file has to be prepared and additional steps must be taken, such as going to a doctor who can assess everything. Is it very simple? We can agree that, from the injured person's perspective, it is ne

Veterans Affairs committee  It is very difficult to give you one straight answer, because it can vary a lot depending on the soldiers' experiences. I don't have those numbers in my head. However, the human resources branch of the ministry publishes every year what is called the social record. This makes it

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, we use what we call a scale guide. This allows us to determine the level of disability according to the injury. The degree of disability in turn determines what the individuals are entitled to. If the person is completely disabled, they will receive quite a considerable pens

Veterans Affairs committee  We can certainly check and give you the figures.

Veterans Affairs committee  Earlier, I quickly mentioned the assistance groups that actually work directly with all the injured service members. They knock on the door of this single agency; there is one per service. Members relate best to their own service, whether it's the army, navy or air force. The age

Veterans Affairs committee  Once the soldiers have left the active life, they no longer contact the Ministère des Armées; they go to the ONACVG. I cannot say whether many transition requests are sent to the Office.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you. Défense Mobilité is an agency of the human resources directorate of the Ministère des Armées. This agency is responsible for the transition of all the military personnel, not just veterans and injured soldiers. In recent years, support workers at Défense Mobilité had

Veterans Affairs committee  If I may, I would like to add something. Yes, some injured soldiers may not have reported a psychological trauma initially. They report the physical injury, but not a psychological injury. The military disability pension system allows them to claim a worsening of their injury fi

Veterans Affairs committee  If I understand you correctly, you want to know whether the burden of proof falls to the administration or to the injured soldier. Today, it is up to soldiers to prove that their injury is service-related, except if the injury happened during an external operation. In that case,

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, absolutely. We have a recourse system, which is primarily non-adversarial and lets soldiers try to prove that their injuries really are service-related. Thereafter, if there is a dispute or a disagreement, they can go to the military pensions tribunals.

Veterans Affairs committee  In France, we have what we call Écoute défense. This is a telephone help system that operates around the clock and that can respond to wounded soldiers in possible distress. The line is also open to families. What I am describing is an emergency line that can help someone at cr

Veterans Affairs committee  It can happen, but it is not likely to be the most common situation. Often, a retirement pension comes on top of a disability pension. The two are cumulative. Perhaps we could imagine the situation you are describing if a soldier had a very short period of activity and was theref