Pages On: Armed Forces Injuries
Whilst many would believe an injury serving in the UK’s armed forces comes with the territory, the truth is that most of these workplace injuries occur in bases and during training. As accidents in these places of work fall under employer negligence, military personnel have every right to claim compensation, where injury is preventable.
Ex soldier suing for frost-bite developed during training
Posted: 28 July 2014
Posted in: Armed Forces Injuries, Employer Negligence, Workplace Injuries
A 29-year-old ex-soldier is suing the Ministry of Defence after a training challenge caused him to suffer life-changing injuries. John Billet had been taking part in a leadership training exercise in Hampshire in 2009, whereby he and others were forced to lie in deep snow and camp in freezing conditions, when he suffered serious tissue damage to his hands and feet. He is suing the Ministry of Defence for £500,000. Having left the army in 2011, Mr Billet’s legal team said that the military career he loved was destroyed by the damage…
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How is war veteran limb-loss compensation calculated?
Posted: 4 June 2014
Posted in: Arm Injury, Armed Forces Injuries, Leg Injuries, Workplace Injuries
The UK currently provides medical care, physical therapy and the necessary prosthetics for military servicemen injured in the line of duty. The UK, and the US, also provides compensation to veterans who have lost a limb; however, the question is frequently asked, how are these compensation rates determined? Meagan Lutz, a public affairs specialist with the Veteran’s Administration, said that it is a difficult and complicated sum to calculate, as all personal injuries affect people differently. However, the general premise is that compensation is based on an estimated average of how much…
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Military honours for 21-year-old who saved colleagues despite back injury
Posted: 6 October 2013
Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad, Armed Forces Injuries, Spine & Back Injuries, Workplace Injuries
21-year-old Ben Taylor from Shropshire has been awarded a military honour after he risked his life in Afghanistan to save his colleagues. The young roofer and army reservist had originally joined the army because he “fancied a challenge”, which was achieved when he battled for 40 minutes with a severe back injury to rescue his colleagues from an upturned vehicle that was submerged in a canal. The vehicle accident occurred during his first operational visit to Afghanistan, as he became a top cover gunner in a Mastiff armoured vehicle with the…
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