What is the onus on an applicant for a military pension?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Lunn v. Canada (Attorney General), 2017 FC 840 (CanLII):
In accordance with the provisions of paragraph 21(2)(a) of the Pension Act, the onus is on an applicant for a military pension to establish on a balance of probabilities, that he or she suffers from a disability, and that this disability arose out of, or was directly connected with his or her military service: Boisvert v. Canada (Attorney General), 2009 FC 735 at para. 28, [2009] F.C.J. No. 1377.
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