Appendix C – Comparison of Rehabilitation Programs and/or Financial Benefits between VAC and Allied Countries Footnote 48

Appendix C – Comparison of Rehabilitation Programs and/or Financial Benefits between VAC and Allied Countries Footnote 48
Comparison Country Program Similarities Program Differences
Comparison Country VAC
Australia
  • Internally and externally resourced
  • Recently modernized disability compensation systems
  • Earnings Loss Benefits stop at 65
  • Rising program costs
  • Similar medical, psycho-social, and vocational rehabilitation services
 Participants can choose between choice of loss-of-earnings capacity or impairment based Participants do not have the choice of earnings loss replacement methods
Participants are not able to choose service provider Participants are able to choose service provider
Case Managers approve but do not create the rehabilitation plan Case Managers create rehabilitation plans
United Kingdom
  • Recently modernized disability compensation systems
 Longer length in service equates to more benefits Length in service does not equate to more benefits
The earnings loss benefitsFootnote 49 continues for life Earnings Loss Benefit stops at age 65
The earnings loss benefit is based on:
  • salary at the time of release;
  • adjusted for age at the time of release (the younger the person, the higher the factor); and
  • paid in full for the most serious conditions. For less serious injuries, a proportion of the benefit is awarded.
 The Earnings Loss Benefit is based on:
  • salary at the time of release
  • age is not taken into consideration
  • paid at 75% regardless of severity of the injury
Externally resourced Internally and externally resourced
United States
  • Prevalence of chronic pain and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder amongst Veterans in Program
  • Rising program costs
 Internally resourced

Focuses mainly on vocational rehabilitation		 Internally and externally resourced

Focuses on medical, psycho-social, and vocational rehabilitation
 
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