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| More money for injured UK troops | More money for injured UK troops |
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| The most seriously injured troops will receive more money under changes to the armed forces compensation scheme. | |
| Those hurt will receive up to £285,000 for all injuries suffered in a single incident - rather than just the three most serious, as had been the case. | |
| Most recently, Lance Bombardier Ben Parkinson, injured by a landmine in Afghanistan, received the maximum sum of £152,150 under the existing scheme. | Most recently, Lance Bombardier Ben Parkinson, injured by a landmine in Afghanistan, received the maximum sum of £152,150 under the existing scheme. |
| Payments will be paid retrospectively back to April 2005. | Payments will be paid retrospectively back to April 2005. |
| Mr Parkinson is reportedly one of the most seriously injured soldiers to survive. | Mr Parkinson is reportedly one of the most seriously injured soldiers to survive. |
| He lost both his legs as well as suffering a brain injury, fractures to his skull, cheekbone, nose, jaw, pelvis and vertebrae, as well as serious damage to his spleen and chest. | He lost both his legs as well as suffering a brain injury, fractures to his skull, cheekbone, nose, jaw, pelvis and vertebrae, as well as serious damage to his spleen and chest. |