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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will accept (a) Gulf War Syndrome and (b) Acute Vaccination Reaction as being attributable to service when applications are made for a war pension.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will accept (a) Gulf War Syndrome and (b) Acute Vaccination Reaction as being attributable to service when applications are made for a war pension.
Asked by
Mike Hancock
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Ivor Caplin
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
14 December 2004
For answer on
21 December 2004
Answered on
21 December 2004
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will accept (a) Gulf war syndrome and (b) acute
vaccination reaction as being attributable to service when applications are made for a war pension. [205698]
Mr. Caplin: Under the terms of the War Pensions Scheme, claimed disablements are accepted in terms of the underlying medically
recognised pathological process. "Gulf War Syndrome" is not medically recognised and we cannot therefore use the term.
The fact that there is, at present, no proper basis for recognising "Gulf war syndrome" as a diagnostic label does not prevent
payment of compensation for symptoms claimed under that term or more generally as "Gulf illness". Any ill-defined symptoms that
cannot be attributed to a specific recognised diagnosis are considered under the recognised diagnostic label "signs, symptoms and
ill-defined conditions", and awards will be made where they are found to be disabling and due to service.
The term "acute vaccine reaction" is a discrete recognised diagnostic label and awards can be made under the War Pension Scheme
where such a diagnosis is agreed and found to be due to service.
Subjects
Armed forces; Diagnosis; Diseases; Iraq-Kuwait conflict; Medical records; Vaccination; Side effects; War pensions; Gulf War syndrome; Veterans
Date
21 December 2004
Reference
205698; 428 c1578W;428 c1576W
House
House of Commons