OTTAWA—Canada’s new veterans ombudsman says she has endured the same long and frustrating wait as tens of thousands of other former military members after applying for support and benefits for her service-related injuries. Retired Canadian Army colonel Nishika Jardine, who took over as ombudsman last month, says she waited more than a year to find out whether her application for disability benefits had been approved by Veterans Affairs Canada. That included whether she qualified for government-supported physiotherapy, which had been provided while she was in the military but was cut off after she was forced to hang up her uniform because of her injuries. “As soon as I left the Canadian Forces, my release date, the doors shut behind you,” Jardine told The Canadian Press in an interview on Tuesday. “And until I had that decision from Veterans Affairs, I could not continue with my treatment. So that was a …