As I said, my understanding of it from how the program operates is very clear. The Veterans Review and Appeal Board tribunal has basically looked at hearing loss from the perspective that somebody might have been identified as having a hearing loss, but it did not meet certain guidelines. Those guidelines were not necessarily used for eligibility but for assessment. The tribunal has exercised its option to look at these cases and apply the assessment table to eligibility.
This case was taken upon by one person, Mr. Nelson. He went to the federal court and got a favourable judgment by Judge O'Keefe. Then the federal government went to the appeal court and tried to basically deny—shame on them—Judge O'Keefe's decision.
Here is the judgment of the appeal court that was published a couple of days ago. It basically tells the Veterans Review and Appeal Board to apply the law as it stands and recognize that if there is a disability--and it clearly provides a definition of disability because it is in the VRAB Act and the Pension Act--they should follow the guidelines and recognize eligibility for entitlement.
So progress is being made. It is slow. But if you have any cases where you know for sure there was no audiogram on release--and only from World War II or Korea--send them to me and I'll look after them.