Hi Sorry if I’ve posted in the wrong place, I’ve just been diagnosed with T1 and I’m in the British army and in the infantry, I’m wondering if anyone else in the army has been through the same thing, and if you were eligible for any compensation through the Armed forces compensation scheme ?
Type 1 Type 1 and the army
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The armed forces compensation scheme is for illnesses or injuries caused as a result of service. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease. No one knows what causes it. You won't prove that your type 1 diabetes was caused as a result of service, because it wasn't. In all likelihood you would have ended up with type 1 whether or not you were in the army. Anecdotally, some people report the development of type 1 after service on the front line, it's possible a traumatic experience could be the trigger for the autoimmune disease. But those are just anecdotal stories, not evidence based medicine.
