Review of Board of Inquiry Examining Serious Injury

In the fall of 2000, the complainant, a first year Officer Cadet at the Royal Military College, collapsed during a five-kilometre race. He suffered serious injuries as a result of unusual swelling in his leg muscles. The condition he developed, known as ‘acute compartment syndrome’, was so severe that it ultimately caused kidney failure and led to complications that endangered his life. The Officer Cadet survived, but was released from the Canadian Forces for medical reasons and has not been able to resume his career.