Veterans Well-being Regulations updated to clarify first-year proration of earnings loss benefit adjustments and repeal transitional CPI provisions

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Two sets of changes were made to the Veterans Well-being Regulations. First, two subsections dealing with Consumer Price Index adjustment mechanics (subsections 21(1.1) and 21(1.2)) have been formally repealed, tidying up transitional provisions that are no longer operative. Second, new rules clarify how the first annual CPI adjustment to an earnings loss benefit is calculated: when a benefit starts part-way through a calendar year, the first adjustment must be prorated to cover only the days remaining in that year, rather than applying as a full-year adjustment. Corresponding transitional provisions (subsections 27(1.1) and 27(2.1)) are then themselves repealed once their purpose is served. These changes are deemed retroactive to various dates going back to 2006, meaning the proration approach is treated as having always applied. Veterans and Canadian Forces members receiving earnings loss benefits, and the administrators calculating those benefits, are directly affected.

Who this affects: Canadian Armed Forces veterans receiving earnings loss benefits · Canadian Forces members receiving earnings loss benefits · Veterans Affairs Canada benefits administrators · Pension and compensation calculation staff