Unctuous,
If you're in UK, it's not up to their Lordships or Airships whether or not you get a "War Pension" from the Benefits Agency.
If you really do have an employment related disability, and it needn't incapacitate you, then there is a procedure you can follow.
You will have to provide a Service history and it will help if you have been hospitalised or undergone courses of treatment at some time.
I had no trouble convincing them that years of pulling "G" in bang seats followed by years of backbone grinding in RW together with several practice ejections amounted to 20% disability and the appropriate remuneration.
A 'phone call to the local BA office is all you need to start the ball rolling.