What is a "direct connection" between military service and the Pension Act?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Frye v. Canada (Attorney General), 2004 FC 986 (CanLII):
It is difficult to abstract a general principle as to the meaning of a "direct connection" from the case law on the Pension Act because the cases are so fact specific. However, it has been established that an injury incurred while performing an everyday activity such as sleeping on base or taking a shower on a ship is directly connected with military service (R.E.C. v. Canada (Attorney General) (1998), 1998 CanLII 8396 (FC), 155 F.T.R. 306; Bradley v. Canada (Attorney General) (2001), 208 F.T.R. 253, 2001 FCT 793).
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