MoD pays £100,000 to weapons expert
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Your support makes all the difference.A former bomb disposal expert has been awarded more than £100,000 compensation by the Ministry of Defence because the Army failed to treat him for post-traumatic stress disorder. The unnamed soldier, who served in Britain, the Gulf, Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, was medically discharged in 2004 after 20 years of service but argued that he would not have had a breakdown later on had his condition been properly monitored and treated.
The MoD disputed his claim for four years, arguing that the time limit for bringing a negligence case had expired, but settled out of court.
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