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kharris
                              

welfare rights adviser, ty-lew disability project, blackwood
Member since
26th Sep 2004

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Thu 03-Nov-05 08:33 PM

I have a client who suffers PTSD but the snag is he worked as an Officer in the Royal Navy, question is can he claim Industrial Injuries instead of War Pension or as well as War Pension?

  

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RE: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Margie, 03rd Nov 2005, #1
RE: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, mike shermer, 04th Nov 2005, #2
      RE: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, andy_platts, 04th Nov 2005, #3

Margie
                              

Senior Welfare Rights Officer, prescot & whiston community advice centre
Member since
13th Apr 2004

RE: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Thu 03-Nov-05 09:39 PM

I would try the Veterans Agency that worked for me. I stand to be corrected but you cant have both Ind Inj and WP.

  

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mike shermer
                              

Welfare Benefits Officer, Kings Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council, Kings l
Member since
23rd Jan 2004

RE: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Fri 04-Nov-05 06:55 AM

The Veterans Agency is your best option - 0800 169 22 77

I have a client who was invalided out of the Services, and her war pension is made up of:

War Disablement pension, Unemployability supplement, Invalidity Allowance, Constant Attendance Allowance, Comforts Allowance and
War pensions mobility Supplement.

The VA can tell you how a person can qualify for the various elements......

  

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andy_platts
                              

Team Leader, Players Court Welfare Rights, Nottingham City Council, Players Court, Players St
Member since
09th Aug 2005

RE: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Fri 04-Nov-05 10:57 AM

Does anybody know whether there is a decent book about War Pensions as the CPAG book doesn't touch it. Disability Rights Handbook has a few pages but lacks detail and doesn't link to any caselaw. Reading this post has reminded me that this is a serious gap in my knowledge. I'm sure the VA are perhaps slightly diferent but ringing up and asking them how to qualify seems a bit like ringing Jobcentre Plus to ask how to claim incapacity benefit!

  

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