Acquisition, Sale or Other Disposition of Lands and Other Property
Description: Records relating to the purchase or acquisition by the Director of lands or other property for the settlement of Veterans and the sale or disposition of all or parts of the land or other property being sold to Veterans under agreement.
Topics: Acquisitions settlement areas; land purchase; land costs; statement of property purchased; co-ordination of federal interest in land acquisition and use; surveys; sale and disposition - general; partial; surplus lands; refunds of surplus; release of securities; sale of livestock and equipment; continued establishments; leasing and renting pending sale; real estate commission; civilian purchase; unauthorized disposition of securities; and expropriations.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 070

Acts, Orders and Regulations
Description: Correspondence relating to bills, acts, statutory orders and regulations administered by the Department and former Canadian Pension Commission, as well as correspondence relating to other Canadian legislation the Department and former Canadian Pension Commission may use as reference material to assist in the delivery of its programs; correspondence relating to the Civilian War-related Benefits Act (Parts I and X), the preparation of amendments and interpretations; correspondence relating to the Pension Act and the preparation of amendments; and interpretations by the former Veterans Appeal Board and the new Veterans Review and Appeal Board.
Topics: Former Canadian Pension Commission; pensions; expenses; children; pensions for disabilities; pensions for death; maintenance; offences and punishment; Supplementary Pensions - Allied Forces; Prisoners of War; Exceptional Incapacity Allowance; annual adjustment of pensions and allowances; procedures and general.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 220

Agriculture, Farm Development and Operation
Description: Records relating to counselling, training courses, advisory and supervisory services on farm management operations for Veterans.
Topics: Farm management - general; training courses; farm equipment; farm management studies; farm accounting methods; farm building models; supervision and advice; requests for information; bull loaning policy; disease testing in animals; crops and crop conditions; Prairie Grain Advance Payments Regulations; production line farming; farm credit study committee; family farm operation; and statistics.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 115

Appraisals and Services for Other Departments
Description: Records relating to real estate appraisals for Property Management Directorate and real estate appraisals and services provided for other departments and agencies.
Topics: Appraisals - general; schedule of appraisal fee; appraisals for other departments (individual files for departments and agencies); tendering; licences; collection of fees; management of Department of National Defence installations leased to the public for agricultural purposes; Indian economic development program; off-reserve housing program; and real estate data bank project.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 095

Armed Forces Pensions
Description: Correspondence relating to pensions for disabilities or death incurred by members of Canada's military forces during World War I, World War II, peacetime service, service in a Special Duty Area, service in a theatre of operations, reserve force service or special force service.
Topics: Cadets; deserters; boards of inquiry regarding deceased or missing personnel; attestation and discharge procedures; Canadian Women's Auxiliary Services; National Defence documentation; Canadian Army - general; dual service; trainees; reserve force (militia); active force (World War II); soldier apprentices; special force (Interdepartmental Committee on re-establishment), Canadian Rangers; Royal Canadian Air Force - general; civilian flying instructors; refresher flying training ("Chipmunk Exercise"); members attached to air force; and Royal Canadian Navy - general.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 210

Briefs, Resolutions and Representations
Description: Correspondence relating to briefs, resolutions and representations made by Veterans' organizations such as the Royal Canadian Legion and others on pension matters.
Topics: Army, Navy and Airborne Veterans; British Benevolent Society of Los Angeles; Federation of British Canadian Veterans of Canada; Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League; Canadian Order of Empire Ex-Servicemen; Canadian Pensioners' Association of the Great War; Canadian Soldiers' Non-Pensioned Widows' Association; Canadian Combat Veterans Association; Canadian Corps Association; Canadian Battlefield Memorial Committee; Canadian National Institute for the Blind; Canadian Merchant Navy Prisoners of War Association; Dominion Corps of Legionnaires - Second World War; Disabled Veterans Association; Hong Kong Veterans Association of Canada; Imperial Veterans Social Club; Imperial War Graves Commission; Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire; Korea Veterans Association of Canada Inc.; National Council of Veterans Associations; North East New Brunswick Veterans Association; National Indian Veterans Association Convenience; National Prisoners of War Association; Nursing Sisters Association of Canada; Sir Arthur Pearson Association; Royal Canadian Corps of Signal Auxiliaries; Royal Canadian Air Force Association; Royal Canadian Legion - resolutions; Soldier's Protection Association and Political Club of New Westminster; War Amputations of Canada - resolutions; War Pensioners of Canada; and World Veterans Federation.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 215

Bureau of Pensions Advocates - General
Description: Records relating to pension and War Veterans Allowance adjudication and to Veterans' organizations.
Topics: Liaison with the National Operations Division of the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to pension applications and appeals; liaison with the Veterans Review and Appeal Board relating to pension reviews and appeals and allowance appeals; liaison with Veterans' organizations; liaison with the Department of Justice and the Federal Court of Appeal; and client representation in cases of adverse interest.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 295

Civilian War-Related Benefits
Description: Correspondence relating to pensions and allowances awarded to the following groups of civilians for disabilities or death attributable to service during World War II in certain organizations or types of employment which were closely associated with the armed forces: Auxiliary Service Personnel, Canadian Civilian Air Crew, and Salt Water Fishermen.
Topics: Air raid precaution workers; Corps of Canadian Firefighters (for service in the U.K.); injury during remedial treatment; overseas welfare workers; Voluntary Aid Detachment; list of supervisors; Ferry Command 504 list; American Red Cross; Silver Cross Mothers; detention allowance; section 13.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 225

Commemoration and Special Events
Description: Information on subjects relating to the commemoration of Canada's war dead; other related benefit programs; anniversary celebrations; and inspection tours.
Topics: Commonwealth War Graves Commission - general; Canadian Battlefield Memorials; European operations; funerals, burials and grave markers; Last Post Fund; memorials, cemeteries and graves - general; foreign countries; departmental cemeteries and plots; provincially owned cemeteries; Commemoration and special events - general; anniversary celebrations; Canada Remembers; public education and community outreach; archives and research; Canadian Virtual War Memorial Website; Books of Remembrance; inspection tours - general, Central Europe; Korean War; Remembrance Day - general, Ottawa, Vimy Ridge; South African War; World War I - general, Somme, Vimy Ridge; World War II - general, D-Day/Normandy, Dieppe, Holland, Hong Kong, Italy, VE-Day.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 010

Compensation for Former Prisoners of War
Description: Correspondence relating to compensation provided under the Pension Act to members of the armed forces and certain civilians who were taken prisoner during and after World War II, and to their dependants.
Topics: General; Hong Kong prisoners of war; Dieppe prisoners of war; list of names; statistics; internees of Vichy, France; Hermann Report; and Pensioners of Allied countries.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 230

Conflict of Interest and Post-employment Code
Description: Correspondence relating to the implementation of the Conflict of Interest and Post-employment Code.
Topics: Code of the Public Service; amendment; interpretation; delegation authority; reports and statistics.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 430

Conveyance and Other Title Transactions
Description: Records relating to preparation and replacement of transfers of titles, deeds and other title documents in relation to the disposition of real estate or property.
Topics: Preparation of conveyances and title transactions - general; delays; outstanding title cases; lost certificates of title; amendments; deeds in escrow; replacement deeds; agreements for sale; title searches; declaration of possession; joint tenancy; assignment of civilian or Veteran agreements of sale; trespass and encroachment; surveys; administration fees; legal fees and disbursements; execution of documents by Director; restrictive covenants and titles.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 075

Debt-Free Settlement on Dominion or Provincial Lands
Description: Records relating to debt-free settlement and to non-repayable conditional grants for the establishment of Veterans on provincial lands and similar grants to Indian Veterans who settle on Indian reserve lands.
Topics: Establishment of Veterans on provincial or Dominion lands - general; debt-free settlement agreements with provinces (filed by province); federal Crown land in the Yukon and Northwest Territories; tax arrears on Dominion land; national parks; agreement of sale; non-repayable grant; additional farm credits; grants to Indian Veterans for establishment within Indian Reserves; Métis Veterans; land clearing and breaking; and other permanent improvements.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 065

Easements, Servitudes and Right of Way
Description: Records relating to the granting of easements, servitudes and right of way on properties to which title is held by the Director, Veterans' Land Act.
Topics: Easements - general; policies; hydro; oil and gas; telephone; railway and road; servitudes and right of way; Waterfowl Habitat Conservation Program; Provincial Woodland Improvement Program; and individual company easement files.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 105

Eligibility and Qualification
Description: Correspondence relating to eligibility to apply for benefits under the Veterans' Land Act and the Soldier Settlement Act, certificates of qualification and cancellation of certificates of qualification, and termination date for acceptance of loan applications.
Topics: Eligibility of recipients of War Veterans Allowance; aged Veterans; dual service; medical fitness; re-establishment credits; duplication of benefits; Veterans Business and Professional Loans Act; Canadian Army Special Force; Firefighters; Ferry Command; Merchant Marine; members of His Majesty's Forces other than Canadian; Allied Forces; Special Duties Personnel; Regular Forces; Interim Forces; all categories of Veterans; native Veterans; and National Resources Mobilization Act personnel.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 055

Employment Equity
Description: Correspondence relating to equal opportunities for women; program initiatives to increase the employment of women in senior positions; correspondence on new initiatives leading to increased participation in the work force of aboriginal people, visible minorities and disabled people.
Topics: Employment Equity - general; program initiatives for disabled persons, aboriginal people, visible minorities, and women; reports; plans; statistics; studies and surveys; and Employment Equity plan.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 420

Entitlement and Assessment Boards
Description: Correspondence relating to hearings of entitlement and assessment boards formerly authorized under the Pension Act.
Topics: Entitlement and Assessment Boards - general and transcript of evidence and zones.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 235

Foreign Pensions, Gallantry Gratuities and Annuities
Description: Correspondence relating to foreign pension legislation and pensions payable to pensioners residing in other countries, including Great Britain. Also included is correspondence relating to the payment of gratuities and annuities which accompany certain gallantry awards granted to members of the armed forces of Canada during World War II and of the special force or other forces organized by Canada (UN, NATO).
Topics: Australia; France; Italy; Japan; Germany; New Zealand; Poland; Russia; Union of South Africa; United States of America; India; Holland; Hungary; Mexico; Yugoslavia and United Nations. For Great Britain, other topics include British Income Tax; London District Office; Civilian Technical Corps; United Kingdom National Health Insurance and British Ministry of Pensions. Topics concerning gallantry gratuities and annuities include policy; Royal Warrants and King's Regulations and Orders; special force; statement and summary of cases; Victoria Cross recipients; George Cross annuities; and general.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 240

Government On-line
Description: Records relating to creation, maintenance, and other functions associated to providing services for clients via the internet.
Topics: Government On-line (GOL) - general; business to business; business to client; communications; funding; infrastructure; legal issues; planning; reporting; security issues; and Treasury Board material.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 625

Health Care Facilities and Services
Description: Subject information on the administration and operation of departmental hospitals and homes; hospital services in both departmental and contract hospitals; transfer of hospitals to provincial or community jurisdiction; and medical staff.
Topics: Health care facilities and services - general; fact book; accreditation; standards; federal-provincial negotiations; institutional bed requirements; long-term care strategy and costs; accommodations; medical residencies; master agreement; operating agreements; memoranda of understanding; agreements with colleges and universities; environmental assessments; per diem rates; land use; transfer of hospitals; care and service; inquiries and complaints; capital contributions; transfer agreements; and redevelopment (files by name of institution).
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 025

Home Construction Assistance
Description: Records relating to loans under the National Housing Act to an eligible Veteran in respect of the construction by him of a single-family home on suitable land and to furnish said Veteran with financial, technical and other assistance.
Topics: Construction assistance - general; construction financing; inspections; construction directives; construction courses; construction contracts; building standards; housing for handicapped and aging Veterans; sales taxes; deferred construction; lagging contracts; construction reports; recovery from contractors; hydro; interest rates; liaison with Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation; service eligibility; and plans.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 085

Honours and Awards
Description: Information on the issue and replacement of First and Second World War and Korea campaign stars, medals, clasps, service buttons and Silver Memorial Crosses.
Topics: General; policy; campaign stars and medals; non-Canadian awards and certificates; Queen's Scarf of Honour; correspondence regarding books on war medals and decorations of Canada; Victoria Cross - general; news clippings; statistics and statements; Korea Service Badge; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; Hong Kong Bar; Dieppe Bar; Corps of Canadian Firefighters; Fenian Raids and Northwest Rebellion; Memorial Bar; Memorial Cross - general; Mercer Case; Naval Memorial Crosses; South Africa Medal; United Nations and Far East Medal; and war service badges.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 005

Individuals Deceased More than 20 Years
Description: Records and correspondence on Veterans and their dependants, deceased more than 20 years, who contacted and/or received benefits from the Portfolio during their lifetimes.
Topics: Applications for benefits; medical, financial and domestic information; military service information; decisions on applications and appeals; and general correspondence.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 480

Information Services
Description: Records relating to the general administration of public affairs and relations (information services); media relations; news and press releases; films; advertising; photographs and photography; publications; speeches; inquiries; etc.
Topics: Information services - general; addresses, mailing and distribution lists; advertising and publicity; inquiries; news releases, newsletters and bulletins; photography; press clippings; publications; and speeches.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 635

Insurance
Description: Records relating to insurance - group, life, fire, liability, and general policies to protect the Veteran's and/or public equity in the property.
Topics: Insurance - general; mortgage clause; liaison with insurance companies; group life insurance plan; fire insurance fund; summary of application; fire loss recovery procedure; disposition of insurance recoveries; payment of taxes from insurance recoveries; recovery from tempest damage; liability insurance; and chattel insurance.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 125

Legal Matters - General and Prosecution
Description: Correspondence relating to legal matters, opinions and prosecutions at the Federal Court level.
Topics: General legal matters including Council to the former Canadian Pension Commission; Courts of Inquiry; litigation reports; legality of marriage and divorce; and the following prosecutions at the Federal Court level: G. H. Harris, W. H. Irvine, W. H. Woods, A. Poland, R. A. White and R. W. King.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 245

Loans/Grants
Description: Records relating to policies on lending operations and the administration of loans and grants to Veterans, and provincial and private housing loan programs.
Topics: Lending policy; loan termination; deadline for additional loans; interest rates; maximum loans; supplementary loans; repayment terms and procedures; conditional grants; preparation of agreements; crop share agreements; loans for full-time farming, fishing, and fur farming; co-operative farming; displaced persons land settlement; small family farm and off-farm enterprises such as tourist trade; provincial and private housing loan programs (by province or name of lender); and mortgages in escrow.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 060

Medical Advice
Description: Correspondence relating to advice regarding all medical matters of policy, precedent and usage relative to pensions.
Topics: General medical advice including autopsy (exhumation); amputation; cancer; diagnosis; Mustard Gas cases; all cardiovascular conditions; influenza virus vaccine; deafness (hearing loss); phenoxy herbicides (Agent Orange); medical examinations; neurological conditions (includes ALS); peptic ulcer (including all gastrointestinal conditions); tuberculosis; dental claims; alcoholism; arthritis; foot conditions; asbestos-related problems; thoracoplasty; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); arteriosclerosis; Veterans of atomic warfare - medical assessments regarding radiation; medical categories (classifications); aggravation; X-rays; coronary thrombosis; and mentally ill - third party administration.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 250

Mines, Minerals and Surface Rights
Description: Records relating to mines, minerals and surface rights on lands on which Veterans are settled and to which the Director holds title, or lands on which Veterans had previously been settled.
Topics: Mines and minerals - general (by province); acquisition of title to mines and minerals by the Director; surface and subsurface rights; provincial legislation; titles with half minerals; lease disputes; native claims; sale of timber; and sale of gravel.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 110

Newfoundland Pensions
Description: Correspondence relating to pensions for death or disabilities attributable to service by Newfoundlanders prior to and after the union with Canada.
Topics: Pensioners World War I (nominal roll); pensioners World War II (nominal roll); Newfoundland Regiment, forms and Special Appropriation Vote 538; organization; and administration.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 255

New Veterans Charter Disability Award, Death Benefit and Detention Benefit
Description: Information of a general nature relating to financial compensation for the economic and non-economic impacts of disability arising out of service; information relating to Disability Awards providing a lump-sum payment as compensation for non-economic effects of service related disability, such as pain and suffering; functional loss and the loss of enjoyment of life; information relating to non-VAC disability programs offered by other federal government programs, provincial government programs or insurance plans, such as Canadian Pension Plan; Worker's Compensation; Public Service Disability Insurance; etc.
Topics: Disability Award Program - Income Support Programs; General; Death Benefits; Disability General; Disability Non-VAC Programs Income Support Programs.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 500

New Veterans Charter Financial Benefits Program
Description: Information relating to the provision of financial compensation for the economic impact of a service-related or career-ending condition; information relating to the provision of long-term earning loss support to Veterans who are permanently incapacitated and unable to work because of a service-related or career-ending disability; information relating to the provision of a lump-sum retirement benefit to those who are permanently incapacitated and unable to work and contribute to a retirement pension as a result of a service-related or career-ending disability; information relating to the provision of earning loss benefits to surviving spouses, common-law partners or dependent children when the CF member suffers a service-related death.
Topics: Economic Loss Program - Economic Loss Support; General; Long Term; Retirement Benefit; Surviving Spouse/partner/dependent Children.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 510

New Veterans Charter Health Benefits Program
Description: Information relating to the provision of health coverage, after release, to Veterans and their families, when the member's career has been cut short for medical reasons or if the Veteran faces service-related rehabilitation barriers to integration into civilian society.
Topics: Health Benefits - General; Health Coverage.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 520

New Veterans Charter Job Placement Program
Description: Information relating to the provision of assistance with job-search training and job-finding to provide a Veteran with the best chance of successful reintegration into the civilian workforce.
Topics: Job Placement Program - Job Placement Assistance; General.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 530

New Veterans Charter Modernization of Services and Programs
Description: Information, briefings and correspondence, directives, operational policies and procedures, coordination, project information, methodologies, reports, analyses, systems, project descriptions, statistics and evaluations relating to program design and the benefits and compensation provided under the Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Re-establishment and Compensation Act to members of Canada's military forces during peacetime service, service in a Special Duty Area, service in a Special Duty Operation or reserve force service.
Topics: Modernization of Services and Programs - General; Department of National Defence (DND)/Canadian Forces (CF) Programs; Acts and Regulations, case management, committees, conferences, meetings, symposia, consultations, reports, statistics and statements, research, studies, surveys and Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)/CF Project.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 540

New Veterans Charter Rehabilitation Program
Description: Information of a general nature relating to the provision of rehabilitation services and vocational assistance to support the independence and wellness, to ensure that disabled Veterans participate to the best of their ability at home, at work and in their community after suffering a service-related illness or injury; information relating to the provision of medical rehabilitation services and vocational assistance to disabled Veterans due to a service-related illness or injury; information relating to the provision of psychological rehabilitation services and vocational assistance to disabled Veterans due to a servicerelated illness or injury; information relating to the transfer of rehabilitation services and vocational assistance to a Veteran's spouse or common-law partner in the event that the member or former member is determined to be totally and permanently incapacitated by a service-related illness or injury.
Topics: Rehabilitation Program - Rehabilitation Services and Vocational Assistance; General; Medical; Psychological and Spouses/Common-law Partners.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 550

Part-time Farming (Small Holding)
Description: Records relating to the purchase and/or construction of homes for Veterans on part-time farms (small holdings) where the major source of income comes from a non-farming enterprise.
Topics: Qualification; minimum-size requirements; mobile houses and condominium units; subdivision projects (arranged by province); landscaping; summary or vacant land units; sewage and water systems; unsold properties; urban areas; change from part-time farm (small holdings) status to full-time farms or vice versa; monthly statements; municipal grants; tax concessions; drainage; and irrigation.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 090

Programs and Services - General
Description: Information on operational subjects relating to the social welfare of Veterans, their dependants and other specified persons.
Topics: Programs and services - general; cost containment; continuum of service; aging Veterans - general; Aging Veterans Program (existing); Aging Veterans Program (extension) - general, project, program delivery; Veterans Independence Program Review Project; benefit administration; chaplaincy services; client services; community health services - general; provincial; community housing; counsellors and counselling services; geriatrics and gerontology; inquiries; nursing services; oaths and affidavits; reports and statistics - general; management information systems; social assistance programs; Veterans Independence Program - general; contracts; Canada Service Veterans; and improvements project.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 020

Property Management Directorate - General
Description: Records of a general nature relating to the operation of Property Management Directorate and the Soldier Settlement Board.
Topics: Property Management Directorate - general; history of Veterans' land legislation; natural disasters; terms of agreement; absentee Veterans; Committee on Demobilization and Rehabilitation; projects related to the Home Repair Program and other special projects; Veterans' spouses' rights to property of deceased Veterans and devolution of estates; and liens and other encumbrances while title to property is held by the Director.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 050

Reference, Research and Precedents
Description: Records relating to pension and allowance eligibility based on various medical conditions and/or military service.
Topics: Copies of precedents (by year); records on appeals to the Veterans Review and Appeal Board; operational memoranda and directives; and statistics on productivity.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 300

Rescission and Resale
Description: Records relating to rescissions, voluntary or involuntary, on contract agreements administered by the Director, Veterans' Land Administration, and sale of reverted properties.
Topics: Rescission of contract agreements - general; policy and procedures; quit claim deed; disposition of surplus; tax adjustments; reinstatement of account; unsold reverted properties; provincial advisory boards; evictions; repossession and sale of chattels; and submissions to council.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 120

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pensions
Description: Correspondence relating to pensions for death or disabilities under the RCMP Pension Continuation Act or the RCMP Superannuation Act.
Topics: General information and special constables.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 265

Special Housing Assistance for Veterans
Description: Correspondence relating to joint Veterans Affairs and Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation programs (ended March 1980) which were extended to assist Veterans on low or modest incomes to acquire housing accommodation.
Topics: Eligibility; request for information; low-rental housing - general; low-rental housing projects (arranged by name of project); co-operation and liaison with Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation; statistical summaries; extension of benefits; and applications for assistance (arranged numerically).
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 080

Special Operators War Service Benefits
Description: Correspondence relating to benefits provided to certain persons who were recruited in Canada by United Kingdom authorities for special duties in war areas.
Topics: General information and policy.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 270

Special Programs
Description: Information on a wide range of special benefits designed to assist Veterans, their dependants and other specified persons.
Topics: Special programs - general; arts and crafts/Red Cross; Benevolent Fund - general; Royal Canadian Air Force; Royal Canadian Army; Royal Canadian Navy; bequests - general; Blinded Veterans Assistance Program; Commonwealth War Graves Commission - general; Canadian Battlefield Memorials; Disablement Fund; educational assistance - general; eligibility for educational institutions (reports, statistics and statements); estates; European operations; funerals, burials and grave markers; Hearing Assistance for Veterans Program; Last Post Fund; memorials, cemeteries and graves - general; foreign countries; departmental cemeteries and plots; provincially owned cemeteries; Paraplegic Assistance Program; pensioners training; post-discharge benefits; Royal Canadian Legion - grants; trust funds - general, Head Office, Newfoundland (sub-region), Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, Prairie and Pacific Regions; Trust Management; and Vetcraft.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 035

Table of Disabilities
Description: Correspondence relating to the Table of Disabilities, its amendments, preparation and distribution.
Topics: Policies and administration; tables by type of disability; and medical guidelines.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 251

Taxes
Description: Records relating to taxes as they affect Veterans settled under provisions of the Veterans' Land Act and advising Veterans of tax implications.
Topics: Taxes - general; taxes on Crown-owned property; grants in lieu of taxes; payment of taxes; sales tax rebate instructions; gift tax; surface and mineral leases and taxable income; capital gains tax; tax sale procedures; tax limitation agreements; mortgage interest tax credit plans; provincial tax rebates; land transfer tax; land speculation tax; and real property tax deferment.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 100

Treatment Entitlement
Description: Correspondence relating to treatment entitlement; pension payments during hospitalization; doctor of choice program; and injury or death resulting from treatment.
Topics: General; joint control of treatment services and pensions; medical activities; doctor of choice program; and injury or death resulting from treatment.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 275

Treatment and Treatment Services
Description: Information on the administration of Veterans' benefits related to medical, surgical and dental treatment, including the supply and maintenance of prosthetic and other appliances to eligible Veterans and other qualified individuals.
Topics: Treatment and treatment services - general; foreign countries; other authorized personnel; Acts and Regulations; Veterans Treatment Regulations; Veterans Health Care Regulations - general; Veterans Independence Program; allowances; dental services - general; dental care plans; hospitalization - general; care; insurance - general; provincial hospital and medicare plans; medical services; pharmacy services - general; agreements; special equipment - general; eyeglasses and other optical aids; home modifications; prosthetics and orthotics; reports and statistics.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 040

Trust Funds
Description: Correspondence relating to trust funds consisting of private monies which have been donated by sympathetic individuals who wish to assist Veterans and their families.
Topics: General; statistics; donations; War Veterans Distress Fund; William Scott fund; Regimental fund - 230^th Battalion; War Special Assistance Fund; Florence Martineau Fund; Sidney E. Lambert Fund; W. A. Black Benefit Fund; Soldiers' Aid Commission; Canadian Patriotic Fund and the Mennonite Fund; canteen funds, Last Post Fund; RCAF Benevolent Fund; and Army Benevolent Fund.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 280

Veterans Affairs - General
Description: Information on a wide variety of subjects relating to the operational responsibilities of the Veterans Affairs Department.
Topics: Veterans Affairs - general; Benefits Redesign Project; Pension Reform Project; Canadian Forces Project; evaluation studies; Veterans legislation - general; bills; consolidation project; legislative proposals; Merchant Navy Veterans; Pension Act; policy issues; subordinate legislation - general; regulatory projects; Veterans Health Care; War Veterans Allowance Act.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 130

Veterans Insurance
Description: Information on the administration of life insurance purchased by Veterans and other eligible individuals.
Topics: Returned Soldiers Insurance and Veterans Insurance - general; reports; statistics; studies and surveys; acts; regulations and rulings.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 030

War Veterans Allowance and Civilian War-related Benefits
Description: Information on the administration of War Veterans Allowance and Civilian War-related Benefits to eligible Veterans and other qualified individuals, including eligibility requirements; rates of allowance; payments and overpayments; authorities; adjudication and decisions.
Topics: War Veterans Allowance and Civilian War-related Benefits - general; acts and regulations; adjudication decisions - general; regular board decisions; Assistance Fund; cheques; eligibility - general; age; residence; medical; service requirements; foreign countries allowances; harmonization with Health Canada and with Canada Revenue Agency, Taxation; other income - general; casual earnings and interest; social assistance - general; Old Age Security; provincial programs; payment of allowances - general; excesses; overpayment of allowances - general; remissions; reports, statistics and statements.
Program Record Number: VAC MVA 045

Veterans Review and Appeal Board Disability Pension Appeals
Description: Records relating to the adjudication of reviews of decisions rendered by the Minister and of appeals of decisions rendered by the Veterans Review and Appeal Board under the Pension Act and other related statutes.
Topics: Procedures - general; reviews of decisions of the Minister and appeals of decisions of the Veterans Review and Appeal Board; reviewers'/editors' procedures; precedent decisions; interpretations; legal opinions; rules of procedure and medical opinions.
Program Record Number: VAC VRAB 202

Veterans Review and Appeal Board - General
Description: Information relating to the former Veterans Appeal Board and Canadian Pension Commission and the new Veterans Review and Appeal Board, including historical background, operational functions and responsibilities of the Board.
Topics: Veterans Review and Appeal Board - general; liaison - Veterans' organizations, other federal departments and other levels of government; meetings; audits; appointments; statistics; finance; policy development; correspondence; and plans.
Program Record Number: VAC VRAB 201

War Veterans Allowance and Civilian War-Related Benefits Appeals
Description: Records relating to the adjudication of appeals of decisions rendered by the Department of Veterans Affairs under the War Veterans Allowance Act and the Civilian War-related Benefits Act, and other related statutes.
Topics: Allowances - general; spousal separation; overpayments; eligibility - general; Allied Forces; military service; theatre of war; income - general; casual earnings; interest; social assistance; procedures - general; regional offices of the Department of Veterans Affairs; precedent decisions; interpretations; legal opinions; and rules of procedure.
Program Record Number: VAC VRAB 203