Veterans Health Care Regulations — 2
for greater certainty, does not include a compassionate award under section 34 of the Veterans Review and Appeal Board Act ; ( pension ) pensioned condition means a disability in respect of which a person is entitled to a pension; ( état indemnisé ) Red Cross pensioner means a Red Cross worker who is entitled to a pension pursuant to the Memorandum of Agreement between Her Majesty The Queen and The Canadian Red Cross Society made on October 17, 1952; ( pensionné de la Croix-Rouge ) reserve force member means a member (a) of the Supplementary Reserve Force, (b) on a period of Class A Reserve Service, as described in article 9.06 of the Queen’s Regulations and Orders for the Canadian Forces , or (c) on a period of 180 days or less of Class B Reserve Service, as described in article 9.07 of the Queen’s Regulations and Orders for the Canadian Forces ; ( membre de la force de réserve ) seriously disabled , in relation to a client, means that the client’s extent of disability, in respect of the aggregate of all of the client’s disability assessments under the Pension Act and the Veterans Well-being Act , is equal to or greater than 78%; ( déficience grave ) special duty area pensioner [Repealed, SOR/2003-362, s. 1] special duty service pensioner means a former member or reserve force member who is entitled to a pension under the Pension Act for a disability attributable to or incurred during special duty service, as defined in subsection 3(1) of that Act; ( pensionné du service spécial ) spouse , in relation to an individual, means a person who is legally married to the individual and who (a) resides with the individual or in a health care facility, or (b) maintains or is being maintained by the individual; ( époux ) supplementary benefits means the benefits referred to in section 6; ( avantages supplémentaires ) treatment benefits means the benefits referred to in section 4; ( avantages médicaux ) type I health need means the need of a person for personal care and supervision on a continuing basis, where the person is ambulant or independently mobile but has decreased physical or mental faculties; ( besoins de santé de type I ) type II health need means the need of a person for personal care on a continuing basis under the supervision of a health professional, where the person has a functional disability, has reached the apparent limit of recovery and has little need for diagnostic or therapeutic services; ( besoins de santé de type II ) type III health need means the need of a person for personal care and for diagnostic, nursing and therapeutic services provided by a health professional on a continuing basis, where the person is chronically ill or has a functional disability and the acute phase of the illness or disability has ended, whether or not the status of the illness or disability is unstable; ( besoins de santé de type III ) veteran means (a) a person who was on active service during World War I or World War II as a member of the naval, army or air forces of Canada or of similar forces raised in Newfoundland, (b) a person who was on service in a theatre of operations, as that expression is defined in section 2 of the Veterans Benefit Act , as a member of the Canadian Forces, including the special force, (b.1) a person who was on active service during the Korean War as a member of the special force, as defined in subsection 3(1) of the Pension Act , (c) a special operator who is deemed to be a veteran pursuant to section 3 of the Special Operators War Service Benefits Act , (d) a supervisor who is deemed to be a veteran pursuant to section 3 of the Supervisors War Service Benefits Act , (e) an allied veteran described in subsection 37(4), (4.1) or (4.2) of the War Veterans Allowance Act , (e.1) a person referred to in paragraph 64(1)(a) or (b), 65(1)(a) or (b) or 66(1)(a) or (b) of the Pension Act , (f) a Canadian merchant mariner of World War I, World War II or the Korean War, as described in section 21.1 of the Pension Ac