Veterans Ombudsman to Release New Report

Ottawa ON
Canada

On February 4, 2013 the Office of the Veterans Ombudsman will release a report entitled Veterans’ Right to Disclosure: A Matter of Procedural Fairness. This report examines the procedures used by Veterans Affairs Canada to retrieve and process service and health records to prepare disability benefit applications for adjudication.

The report will be available online at www.ombudsman-veterans.gc.ca/reports-rapports/disclosure-divulgation-11-2012-eng.cfm as of 9:00 a.m. ET on Monday, February 4, 2013.

Media representatives are invited to contact the Office in advance to schedule an interview.

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