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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. | 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. | 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. |
| This means Mr Parkinson will benefit from the reforms. Sources at the Ministry of Defence said he would now receive the £285,000 lump sum payment. | |
| Typist's thumb | |
| Changes to the MoD's compensation follow the completion of a review into the multiple injury rules of the scheme. | |
| 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. |
| The paratrooper lost both his legs as well as suffering a brain injury, fractures to his skull, cheekbone, nose, jaw, pelvis and vertebrae, in addition to serious damage to his spleen and chest. | |
| The 23-year-old, who had been serving with the 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, was awarded £152,000 lump sum because rules of the scheme meant that most of his wounds counted for nothing. | |
| However, in comparison, an RAF typist who damaged her thumb at the Ministry of Defence in London received a payout of £484,000. |