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<blockquote data-quote="Pef" data-source="post: 161895" data-attributes="member: 30501"><p>Hi all,</p><p></p><p>I was medically discharged from the army in 1991 becaus after a posting to cyprus I became t1.</p><p></p><p>When I first came out the army was not paying me a pension beyond my time served pension. Whcih at the time was 5 1/2 years, and was about £10 a week.</p><p></p><p></p><p>So I got in touch with the medical board and got an assesment while i was a Civvy. They decided I was 20% so I got a war disablement pension which made it up to about £50 a week. Since then I have had a couple of minor complications such as a little retinopathy treatment.</p><p></p><p>I now have a 30% assesment. my pension in total is now about £90 tax free a week. Now I know that this does not make up for the diabetes but it does help.</p><p></p><p>Remember that if you are medically discharged from the forces and feel that you are not being treated right you can complain.(youre a civilian and have the right to fight for yourself for once).</p><p>If you feel your pension is too low for your condition then appeal against it.</p><p></p><p>And remember the assesment of youre pensionable disability can be re assesed if anything changes that is caused by youre pensionable illness. So diabetic complications can be taken into account.</p><p></p><p>Please note I am not a pensions expert but talk from my own experience also I left the forces nearly 20 years ago so some things could have changed. I bet what hasnt changed is the mod s attitude that if you want them to help you, you have to make a fuss.</p><p></p><p>Any queeries about stuff like that contact:</p><p>Service personnel and veterans agency</p><p>Norcross</p><p>Thornton-cleveleys</p><p>Lancs</p><p>FY5 3WP</p><p></p><p>or </p><p></p><p>www.veterans-uk.info</p><p></p><p></p><p>as for the why get discharged for diabetes, wether you like it or not you are more likely to have problems that make you less able to carry out your dutys and this could be very problimatical with the kind of dutys that the forces place on you. Not to mention health considerations of what happens if you get seperated from your insulin while at war? </p><p>I know when I came out of the army they had to offer me a re settlement placing. which was training or a job placement for a period of time. I dont know if they still do this and I know there was a time period of service to qualify.</p><p></p><p>And lastly WELL DONE THE BRITISH FORCES past and present still the best in the world.</p><p></p><p>Hope this info can help any serviceman or woman that gets diabetes.</p><p></p><p>Pef.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pef, post: 161895, member: 30501"] Hi all, I was medically discharged from the army in 1991 becaus after a posting to cyprus I became t1. When I first came out the army was not paying me a pension beyond my time served pension. Whcih at the time was 5 1/2 years, and was about £10 a week. So I got in touch with the medical board and got an assesment while i was a Civvy. They decided I was 20% so I got a war disablement pension which made it up to about £50 a week. Since then I have had a couple of minor complications such as a little retinopathy treatment. I now have a 30% assesment. my pension in total is now about £90 tax free a week. Now I know that this does not make up for the diabetes but it does help. Remember that if you are medically discharged from the forces and feel that you are not being treated right you can complain.(youre a civilian and have the right to fight for yourself for once). If you feel your pension is too low for your condition then appeal against it. And remember the assesment of youre pensionable disability can be re assesed if anything changes that is caused by youre pensionable illness. So diabetic complications can be taken into account. Please note I am not a pensions expert but talk from my own experience also I left the forces nearly 20 years ago so some things could have changed. I bet what hasnt changed is the mod s attitude that if you want them to help you, you have to make a fuss. Any queeries about stuff like that contact: Service personnel and veterans agency Norcross Thornton-cleveleys Lancs FY5 3WP or www.veterans-uk.info as for the why get discharged for diabetes, wether you like it or not you are more likely to have problems that make you less able to carry out your dutys and this could be very problimatical with the kind of dutys that the forces place on you. Not to mention health considerations of what happens if you get seperated from your insulin while at war? I know when I came out of the army they had to offer me a re settlement placing. which was training or a job placement for a period of time. I dont know if they still do this and I know there was a time period of service to qualify. And lastly WELL DONE THE BRITISH FORCES past and present still the best in the world. Hope this info can help any serviceman or woman that gets diabetes. Pef. [/QUOTE]
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