"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message
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> William Black wrote:
>
>> "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message
>> news:1i4g6oo.1anorba1k9d9gmN%d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk...
>>
>> > The UK rarely has that kind of thing, though there is a recent case of
>> > a
>> > military typist apparently getting far more in compensation for RSI
>> > than
>> > soldiers with limbs blown off...
>>
>> But no pension...
>>
>> The amounts given for MoD war injury compensation are misleading because
>> a
>> soldier with 100% disability gets an initial payment and stays on full
>> wages
>> until such time as his medical state stabilises (no soldier is discharged
>> from the army until the medical treatment for injuries has stopped) and a
>> decision is made about his or her pension by a medical board.
>>
>> The case recently made much of the soldier getting less than £200,000
>> compensation for several very serious injuries but made no mention of the
>> fact that his injuries have not yet been assessed and he'll almost
>> certainly
>> get 100% disability and so draw a 100% pension from the day he leaves the
>> army.
>
> That has been mentioned. It's still not impressive.
In what sense?
The state will keep him for the rest of his life.
--
William Black
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.
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