Refine by MP, party, committee, province, or result type.
Veterans Affairs committee Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm speaking to you both as a client of VAC and a former secretary of the career medical review board for non-commissioned members. Serving on the board provided me with knowledge and experience of how the military determines the nature and extent of any me
March 12th, 2015Committee meeting
Captain
Veterans Affairs committee One problem is that you have to understand the pre-release procedures. In some cases, unlike mine, the person is just getting out on a voluntary basis, so doesn't take advantage of all these optional services. My release was a medical release. Therefore my transition team worked
March 12th, 2015Committee meeting
Capt(N) Perry Gray
Veterans Affairs committee As I said, that's part of the problem. DND doesn't have the resources to screen everybody, as you suggest, simply because you're talking of tens of thousands of people who would have to be screened medically. It's hard enough to get screened if you are a medical case. There would
March 12th, 2015Committee meeting
Capt(N) Perry Gray
Veterans Affairs committee Given my experience with OSI, yes, because in many cases people don't start to exhibit an OSI until much later, and it could be triggered by any number of things. Based on medical professionals' experience, up to 25% of the serving military, both regular and reserve, could experi
March 12th, 2015Committee meeting
Capt(N) Perry Gray
Veterans Affairs committee As Mr. Laidler mentioned in the first session, there's still that machoism: “I don't need help because I'm okay.” How do you break that syndrome?
March 12th, 2015Committee meeting
Capt(N) Perry Gray
Veterans Affairs committee No. I'm finished.
March 12th, 2015Committee meeting
Capt(N) Perry Gray
Veterans Affairs committee Yes, I can.
March 12th, 2015Committee meeting
Capt(N) Perry Gray
Veterans Affairs committee One of the basic problems that everyone faces when they're assessed by VAC is that the person doing the assessment has no medical training and is relying strictly on the Merck Manual, which defines exactly what the doctors and nurses understand as your condition or illness. They
March 12th, 2015Committee meeting
Capt(N) Perry Gray
Veterans Affairs committee Yes, medical information was made available to Veterans Affairs from DND, but as the gentlemen from Monster have explained, there is difficulty translating military information into the equivalent civilian terminology, and the problem is that Veterans Affairs, with so few former
March 12th, 2015Committee meeting
Capt(N) Perry Gray
Veterans Affairs committee Yes. You're probably familiar with the case of Sean Bruyea, who sued the department and members of it. There have been a number of people—I don't know exactly how many, because most of the information is confidential—who have had their information shared. My own personal file was
March 12th, 2015Committee meeting
Capt(N) Perry Gray
Veterans Affairs committee Yes, I have. I haven't commented on it yet because I'm waiting until next month when there's a summit with the minister.
March 12th, 2015Committee meeting
Capt(N) Perry Gray
Veterans Affairs committee Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee members. Like many public announcements, these new programs seem to offer more financial support for the veterans community. Closer examination of each one can raise a host of potential problems. The one question that this committee can ask V
May 26th, 2015Committee meeting
Capt
Veterans Affairs committee As I said, if you compare it to the Pension Act, your payments continue until you die. To say that after age 65 you don't need as much income is ridiculous. Your disabilities haven't gone away. Based on the fact the department has been paying out VIP for decades, independence in
May 26th, 2015Committee meeting
Capt(N) Perry Gray
May 26th, 2015Committee meeting
Capt(N) Perry Gray
Veterans Affairs committee We have 12 minutes left.
May 26th, 2015Committee meeting
Capt(N) Perry Gray