Veterans Ineligible for VA Coverage
Rodney Parsons made this Official Information request to Ministry of Defence
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From: Rodney Parsons
Dear Ministry of Defence,
Colonel Charmaine Tate (CMO and Surgeon-General) released a memo about the impacts of explosives on defence personnel's brains- https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-zealan....
Given that Ministry of Defence defines a veteran differently to other countries, please provide estimates for how many former defence personnel will not be covered by veteran affairs, for this and other significant PCBU risks (e.g. hearing). Specifically, given that veteran status is conferred based on operational status, the question is how many people who have not been granted veteran status by the New Zealand Government will be ineligible for cover due to the New Zealand Government's definition of a veteran.
Yours faithfully,
Rodney Parsons
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Kia ora Rodney,
Thank you for your enquiry.
Please find attached transfer of your request to the New Zealand Defence
Force.
Ngā mihi,
Ministerial
and
Executive
Services
Branch
Manatū
Kaupapa
Waonga -
New Zealand
Ministry of
Defence
Defence
House, 34
Bowen
Street, PO
Box 12703,
Wellington
6144, New
Zealand
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From: Ministerial Services
Good afternoon Rodney Parsons
Your request below has been received and a decision on your request will
be provided as soon as possible and no later than Tuesday 3 December.
Responses to requests for information that are considered to be in the
wider public interest will be published on the New Zealand Defence Force
website ([1]www.nzdf.mil.nz).
Regards
Corporate and Ministerial Services
Office of the Chief of Defence Force
New Zealand Defence Force | Te Ope Kātua o Aotearoa
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Sent: Monday, 4 November 2024 5:11 p.m.
To: 'Rodney Parsons' <[FOI #29021 email]>
Cc: Ministerial Services <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Veterans Ineligible for VA
Coverage [unclassified]
Kia ora Rodney,
Thank you for your enquiry.
Please find attached transfer of your request to the New Zealand Defence
Force.
Ngā mihi,
Ministerial
and
Executive
Services
Branch
Manatū
Kaupapa
Waonga -
New Zealand
Ministry of
Defence
Defence
House, 34
Bowen
Street, PO
Box 12703,
Wellington
6144, New
Zealand
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Good afternoon Rodney
Please find attached the response to your request.
Regards
Corporate and Ministerial Services
OCDF, Office of Chief of Defence Force
New Zealand Defence Force
[1]www.nzdf.mil.nz
From: Ministerial Services
Sent: Tuesday, 5 November 2024 3:13 p.m.
To: 'Rodney Parsons' <[FOI #29021 email]>
Subject: OIA-2024-5193 Acknowledgement of official information request
(UNCLASSIFIED)
Good afternoon Rodney Parsons
Your request below has been received and a decision on your request will
be provided as soon as possible and no later than Tuesday 3 December.
Responses to requests for information that are considered to be in the
wider public interest will be published on the New Zealand Defence Force
website ([2]www.nzdf.mil.nz).
Regards
Corporate and Ministerial Services
Office of the Chief of Defence Force
New Zealand Defence Force | Te Ope Kātua o Aotearoa
[3]www.nzdf.mil.nz
From: Information
Sent: Monday, 4 November 2024 5:11 p.m.
To: 'Rodney Parsons' <[4][FOI #29021 email]>
Cc: Ministerial Services <[5][email address]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Veterans Ineligible for VA
Coverage [unclassified]
Kia ora Rodney,
Thank you for your enquiry.
Please find attached transfer of your request to the New Zealand Defence
Force.
Ngā mihi,
Ministerial
and
Executive
Services
Branch
Manatū
Kaupapa
Waonga -
New Zealand
Ministry of
Defence
Defence
House, 34
Bowen
Street, PO
Box 12703,
Wellington
6144, New
Zealand
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From: Rodney Parsons
Dear Mr Motley,
By your response, you acknowledge that your you defence health lead released a memo without being certain of the impact it would have. You also advise that the New Zealand Defence Force and Veteran Affairs New Zealand, have no idea the impact that service has had on Kiwi's, due to a definitional issue that CDF directly controls. My question is rhetorical but how does that inspire confidence in defence leadership, if you actively exclude your "mates"?
Yours sincerely,
Rodney Parsons
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