AN E-MAIL TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND THE MEDIA

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TO THE MEDIA:

Who wants to ask the Minister about this one?

It's time the media got to the bottom of this scam, this in reality is even worst than the sponsorship scandal. This is taking away from our soldiers, your son's and daughter's who have volunteered to protect this country.

BE HEARD. YOU ARE NOT ON THE FRONT LINES BUT YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. FOR OUR SOLDIERS SAKE.

Robin Brentnall

----- Original Message -----
From: Thompson, Greg - M.P.
To: Robin Brentnall
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 1:13 PM
Subject: RE: Compensation Claiml
Dear Mr. Brentnall
Thank you for your e-mail. I will bring it to Mr. Thompson’s attention and have forwarded it to our Ministerial Staff at VAC they will look into it for you.

Frances Smith, Exec. Assis. Hon. Greg Thompson, PC, MP Minister of Veterans Affairs House of Commons Room 175 East Block Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0A6 PH 613-995-5550 FX 613-995-5226


From: Robin Brentnall [mailto:robin.brentnall@nf.sympatico.ca]
Sent: September 25, 2008 9:59 AM

To: DVA Office; BPA-BSJP-St-Johns BPA-BSJP-St-JohnsCc: Black, Dawn - M.P.; David Rose; Capt Lowery; Bill Cashin; Thompson, Greg - M.P.; Layton, Jack - M.P.; Larry Young; Liberal Party; Legion; Mr. Allard; Nancy Kao; NDP Party; Prime Minister's Office; MacKay, Peter - M.P.; Stoffer, Peter - M.P.; Simms, Scott - M.P.; Dion, Stéphane - M.P.; Fred Cuff

Subject: Compensation Claim

I just spoke with DVA. Even though everything was approved and the hearing was favourable for full compensation I am still having to wait for more "foot dragging" Red Tape in order to receive compensation for my injury.

Now the DVA office is saying that I am going to have to wait and go through another set of trials and medical inspections that will undoubtedly waste another 8-10 months so that they can, presumably, deny any compensation for the 8 years of pain and suffering that I have been through, two surgeries I have had to have, and the pain I still have from the scare tissue of the surgery, not to mention the non-guarantee that it will not return again.

What kind of system are we (soldiers) being forced to conform to? There was a time when DVA was there for our soldiers and our government was as well.

You can be guaranteed that I will be voting to replace the existing government with the one that treated me properly when I dealt with DVA in the early 2000's.

This is the biggest scam that has happened since the Conservative government allowed the military to order their doctors to stop assisting our soldiers with their claims to DVA on 01 April 2006. Since that time, the organization (DVA) that was there for our soldiers has turned it's back on us and taken the same attitude as Workman's Compensation and other Insurance Companies.

14 October can't come fast enough.


Robin Brentnall