Career Impact Allowance (CIA)

Congrats.

Right on vet1234!

Just saw my ELB, PIA, PIAS on MyVac today. Thanks for the support in getting me there guys!

80% Old Charter , 20% New Charter and 10% that I can not receive because I am over 100%. ELB , LTD , CPPD , PIA first level / PIA Supplement , Military Pension , VIP and 2 grams of medical marijuana which can be increased. I am going to vaporizer some right now with no guilt at all.

No worries Trooper. I hope VAC automatically awards the CIA and CIAS to anyone deemed TPI in the future. That way nobody falls through the cracks.

Thanks Bruce,

I edited my above to reflect that.

Trooper I believe a vet needs TPI only for the PIA supplement. I'm in receipt of PIA 3 but no TPI status. My medical impairment rating is now 60% overall. I've no idea what the criteria is for TPI. Sometimes I feel like i should have the TPI status and other days I don't.

It will be for life.

The only thing that's changing is career impact will now be a determining factor.

Also, you need to be TPI for being approved for PIAS - TPI is going to be changed to Diminished Earning Capacity. (DEC)

So we will have CIA and the DEC that will coincide together, putting or making the benefit relate more towards the impact of career on a individual.

I suspect this will make it a bit easier to be approved, but until we see the results, it's anyone's guess.

No guilt whatsoever.  I am at the lowest level, so not much money but.... better than nothing.
What can I say, I have a useless CM.
When they change it to Career Impact Allowance, does it mean that it will be 'for life'? or still, they may grab/cancell it back (if you start working, or get better:ex: when your hair grows back)?

I don't feel guilty either. I'm messed up from serving my country. I receive a monthly disability payment at 20%, PIA Grade 3 and Canadian Forces Income Support. I also received in 2008 or 2009 (honestly can't remember the year) a Disability Award at 25% and after a reassessment in October this year I was awarded an additional 15%. I also receive 5 grams medical marijuana per day through VAC. I completed a 2 year college course in August of 2014 and have applied to over 200 jobs and have had zero offers of employment. I dont feel guilty, because I've done my best to try to reintegrate back into civilian life and things just won't move any further forward. I do volunteer work too when my head space and timing are good.

fully agree bigrex . I souldnt feel guilty and guts shouldn't feel sad I know this but feelings are funny thing my friend . ya feel what ya feel . knowing ya shouldn't feel that way doesn't change that but I'm hoping and truly believe that time will .

propat

See, I'm exact opposite. I do not feel guilty about getting all of the benefits that I do, because I am severely disabled. I get ELB, but only because I was screwed out of getting SISIP. I get PIA/PIAS, but only because the NVC prevented me from ever qualifying for the EIA. That being said, I wish every moderate to severely disabled Veteran was able to get similar levels of support, and that even the mildly disabled Veterans receive compensation for the lifetime of dealing with their disability, after all, the disability doesn't just disappear after x number of years, or at the age of 65.

boys it frackin sucks I just never stopped or slept for that matter just go go go all the time if I had a spare hour id be gone to the gym just non stop . now sometimes I just cant go . to hard to move sometimes . never seen the inside of a gym in years .

it sucks big time . thing is feelings are funny things . I feel guilty for getting these benefits when I know the money is coming from the heaps of money the GOC stole from disabled afghan vets and the families of the fallen in 2006 . I wasn't even going to apply for this stuff my guilt was so bad even though I was telling PA vets around here and trying to help them through the proses . when everyone was getting rejected for a crazy reason I thought it would be easier just to apply to sort the crazy crap out myself instead of going from vet to vet .

ok easy way to say I was getting lazy . anyway took a bit of a fight and a well organized letter righting campaign . but I got it and so did the rest .

do I still feel guilty ??? yup.

but I believe this to shall pass especially WHEN the PA pension returns .

here is my point my old life AINT coming back and that sucks but that isn't life now because its not what I do . not sure what I do now aint their yet but the bit above is a brief example of what I found I can do . their may be more I can find .

getting a benefit aint live boys and its not what it has come down to .

its a benefit they owe you and probably have for a while . its yours and I for one am happy as crap that you went out and took what was yours all along back from the GOC .

life has just changed for you guys that's all . it sucks for sure but ya just gotta find something else to do that makes you feel proud . pride in ones work boys gives great meaning to life . it aint gonna be easy and although it may come to you tomorrow it probably aint gone come to you in a hurry . been years and I'm still looking .

I can tell you not to feel sad . don't feel sad there is no need . see . just because I said it doesn't make it so does it ?????? yup you will still feel sad tomorrow . but boys I truly belive this to shall pass .

but boy above all else .

always question authority

propat

Panserbjørn wrote:I was just approved for my PIAS but rather than being happy, I am depressed that this is what it has come down too. I just want my life back.

Stay strong Panserbjorn.

Thanks guys. I've been working on "acceptance" with my psych and discussing volunteering and such. I'm happy and sad all at once. Just a day in the life I guess.