VETERANS GET NEW OPTIONS ON PENSIONS

   Wounded and injured soldiers — both serving and retired — have been given the option of postponing the filing of disability claims until after the Liberal government's pension-for-life plan is implemented on April 1, CBC News has learned.
   Those who file a disability claim before April 1 do not get to opt for a pension-for-life. They're entitled only to lump sum compensation. Holding off until the new budget year begins gives them that choice between the pension and the lump sum.
  And it turns out the delay also helps Veterans Affairs out of a budget jam, according to leaked Department of National Defence documents. 

 The bigger problem, according to a veterans watchdog group, is that the option to delay filing has not been communicated to the wider veterans community.