Originally Posted by
endplay
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...10/ncomp10.xml Saw this in yesterday's torygraph. If true I know of several chaps who will be in for a well deserved payout. The article does suggest that any injuries ssutained in direct confrontation with insurgents/enemy combatants et al as part of an operation will be considered war casualties and, presumably, get less compensation but it's a move in the rifgt direction.
Actually it appears that the article mentions injuries sustained through direct,
pre-arranged combat with insurgents. Reacting to an a direct confrontation with insurgents after an ambush would presumably be non pre-arranged!!
Of course will the MoD's laywers argue that service in Iraq and Afghanistan as a member of a teeth arm constitute 'pre-arranged' as you are going to do a job which has a likelihood of requiring a bit of time on the two-way range?
Should be interesting to see how this pans out and what clauses the MoD pulls out to save a few quid.