Department of Veteran Affairs
If you have an injury related to your service in the RAN, this means injury either physical or mentally.
If you were injured during your time in service, being it one day or fourty years, you are entitled to seek compensation even if you suffer from an illness that may have occurred after you were discharged, as long as you can show a relationship between your illness and your time in the armed forces.
Eg; Alcohol related problems
DVA Cards
Gold TPI
This Card is for those who suffered from total and permanent Disability as a result of their time in the service of the armed forces.
Gold EDA
This card is for those who suffer from disabilities both mentally or physically that reach 100% as a result of their time in the service of the armed forces.
White Specified
This card is for those who suffer from specified disabilities as a result of their time in the service of the armed forces.
Eg; Hearing loss, Tinnitus.
Who can Apply for a DVA Card
If you have a total and permanent disability or an injury or illness as a result of your service in the Royal Australian Navy, you are entitled to a DVA Gold TPI Card, Gold EDA Card or a White Card. It does not matter how long you had served for; it could be 1 day or 20 years, if you were injured or suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD), Anxiety, depression, Tinnitus or have problems associated from alcohol abuse, then you need to contact an Advocate to help you to start receiving help in making a claim for compensation. Now!
Disappointing Facts about DVA Entitlement
When talking to Ex-Servicemen especially at reunions one of my main questions that I ask is, do you have a DVA Card?
Most of the time the answer is no.
The most common reasons given are,
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I didn't know I could get any help
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I wasn't in the navy long enough (10-20 years)
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I just put up with what I have
I find this so disappointing that so many ex-servicemen and women could have been helped years ago.
Some who I have known died from their injury or illness not having any assistance from DVA at all, I am quite sure that if they have had help, they may still have been alive today.
Don't wait any longer click on the button below and it will take you to an Advocate who will help you.