ORAC
1st Nov 2005, 05:08
The Times (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-1852147,00.html)
A former guardsman has won a "landmark decision" for a Ministry of Defence pension based on Gulf War Syndrome. The Pensions Appeal Tribunal (PAT) decided Daniel Martin, 35, of Luton, should be given a disability award, using Gulf War Syndrome as an "umbrella term" to cover his ailments, which are attributable to his service in the 1991 conflict. The test case could now help hundreds of ex-servicemen.........
A former guardsman has won a "landmark decision" for a Ministry of Defence pension based on Gulf War Syndrome. The Pensions Appeal Tribunal (PAT) decided Daniel Martin, 35, of Luton, should be given a disability award, using Gulf War Syndrome as an "umbrella term" to cover his ailments, which are attributable to his service in the 1991 conflict. The test case could now help hundreds of ex-servicemen.........