Statement of Defence filed - Veterans' Disability Pension Miscalculation Class Action

Statement of Defence filed July 30, 2021

July 30, 2021

The Attorney General of Canada has filed a statement of defence in this class action. You can view the document and all court documents in relation to this matter here.

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Updates

Règlement proposé conclu dans le cadre du recours collectif pour erreur de calcul de la pension d’invalidité des anciens combattants

November 14, 2023

Lire le communiqué de presse : 13 novembre 2023 Proposition de transaction dans le cadre d’une procédure en vertu de la Loi sur les recours collectifs concernant le calcul des prestations d’invalidité pour les vétérans invalides des Forces armées canadiennes et de la Gendarmerie royale du Canada (newswire.ca)

Proposed settlement reached in Veterans’ Disability Pension Miscalculation Class Action

Read the Press Release: November 13, 2023 Proposed Settlement in Class Proceeding involving Calculation of Disability Benefits for Disabled Veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (newswire.ca)

Avis d’audience pour l’approbation du Règlement émis le 17 octobre 2023

October 18, 2023

Le gouvernement du Canada a accepté de régler une action collective certifiée concernant une erreur alléguée de calcul de certaines pensions et prestations d’invalidité administrées par Anciens Combattants Canada (« ACC») payables aux membres ou anciens membres des Forces armées canadiennes (« FAC») et de la Gendarmerie royale du Canada (« GRC») ainsi qu’à leurs […]

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Important Documents

Notice of Settlement Approval - Short Form Notice

Notice of Settlement Approval - Long Form Notice

Notice of Settlement Approval Hearing - Short Form Notice

Order and Reasons for Settlement Approval, 17 January 2024

Miscalculation of Disability Pensions Class Action Settlement

If you are a member or former member of the Canadian Armed Forces or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police – or a spouse, common law partner, or dependent of a veteran – and you received, at any time between 2002 and the present, certain disability benefits from Veterans Affairs Canada, you may be a member of the class. Eligible estates of persons who received these disability benefits may also be class members.

You were not required to opt-in to the action in order to be a class member. Please visit the Settlement website for claim forms and important information about the settlement process.

Settlement Website