GIC Members

Members of the Veterans Review and Appeal Board are appointed by the Governor-in-Council to adjudicate review and appeal applications which may provide disability compensation to eligible veterans, civilians, Canadian Force and RCMP members as well as their dependants for death and/or disability related to war, peacekeeping or peacetime service. Members are also required to interpret and apply The Pension Act, The Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Re-establishment and Compensation Act and other related statutes.  All members are appointed for fixed terms of varying lengths.

Expectations / Challenges of VRAB Members

• VRAB Members conduct hearings in a fair and expeditious manner and render timely, well-reasoned decisions.
• Members must be able to travel to hearings across the country which may require them to travel 3 out of 4 weeks.
• Members must be able to work effectively as part of an adjudicative panel.
• Members must be flexible in the face of ever-changing demands.
• Members must stay abreast of recent developments in the medical field and administrative law as issues presented to the Board are of an increasingly complex nature.
• The selected candidates will be subject to the Conflict of Interest Act (Opens a New Window). Public office holders appointed on a full-time basis must submit to the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, within 60 days of appointment, a Confidential Report in which they disclose all of their assets, liabilities and outside activities. For more information please visit the Office of the Conflict and Ethics Commissioner's website at http://ciec-ccie.gc.ca (Opens a New Window).
• The preferred candidates must comply with the Ethical Guidelines for Public Office Holders and Guidelines for the Political Activities of Public Office Holders. The guidelines are available on the Governor-in-Council Appointments Web site at www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca (Opens a new Window).