Monday Morning Statistics – Part 1
Jamie Cooper,19 was testing radio equipment outside Basra's Shat al Arab Hotel in 2006 when two mortar bombs exploded. The first blasted his hands and right arm and the second ripped opened his buttocks, severing the nerves to his leg as shrapnel went through his pelvis and into his stomach.
Mr. Cooper, who was serving with the 2 Rifles at the time, has been told that that he is not disabled enough to receive council tax disability benefits, even though he now has to walk with a stick.
Mr Cooper has been awarded £57,000 compensation by the Ministry of Defence. This sum compares with £485,000 paid to an RAF typist who suffered “repetitive strain injury”.
This is why soldiers want their children, if the join the forces, to join the air farce.
Comments
Mr Cooper eligibility for for Council Tax Credit and Housing Benefit may have been affected by the £57,000 compensation he received. The system doesn't approve of savings (why should claimants have savings? the anti-welfare people ask) He may be eligible for Incapacity Benefit and Disability Living Allowance. Please advise him to contact the Royal British Legion and SSAFA to help him put forward his case for benefits.
Posted by: Gallimaufry | July 8, 2008 6:56 PM
JUST ANOTHER ONE WHO HATES HOW UK TROOPS ARE TREATED.
Posted by: Hurley | July 9, 2008 2:24 PM