Veterans Affairs Canada
This chapter is used to assess the effects of an entitled condition on a
Member/Veteran/Client’s Quality of Life (QOL). Activities of Independent Living,
Recreational and Community Activities, and Personal Relationships are all components
considered in a QOL rating. One QOL rating is arrived at for each entitled condition or
bracketed entitled conditions. The term “bracketed conditions” is defined as entitled
conditions which affect the same body areas or result in a similar loss of function and
cannot be separated for medical assessment purposes, that are grouped or “bracketed”
together to arrive at one Medical Impairment rating