Who could have predicted that the Canadian Forces Health Services Group would admit that allowing our medical doctors to assist soldiers in their fight with Veterans Affairs was considered Unethical and a Conflict of Interest?
"The member's own doctor is not involved in the appealed medical assessment review because there are significant conflict of interest and ethical issues surrounding this issue." This is a quote from an e-mail sent to me on 21 April 2008 and they also state that "VAC makes their decision based on the documentation found in the medical record." What they don't know is that an Adjudicator at Veterans Affairs is not a Medical Doctor and does not have a professional Medical background to make even the most basic judgment call on a medical problem.
"When a member's medical record does not support the member's disability application, there is, of course, an appeal process. At this point, VAC advocates can request that an independent medical examiner or specialist who has no vested interest be called upon to review the documentation and to provide an unbiased and independent medical assessment as to whether the disability being claimed could be service related, or not." I am not sure if this is a true statement or not. My Advocate has asked me to find an "independent medical examiner or specialist". But "my" military doctor is the only one who can refer me and has already been denied because it is for Veterans Affairs and they are not allowed to do that.
It is disheartening to know that our own Canadian Forces Health Services Group feels it would be a Conflict of Interest or an Ethical Issue to give our soldiers every ounce of assistance they deserve.
It's amazing how our own people can treat our soldiers so poorly.
About Me
- Robin Brentnall
- Gambo, Newfoundland, Canada
- I spent 23 years in the military.
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