#HALF LIFE PTSD MOD MOD#

#HALF LIFE PTSD MOD MOD#

PTSD is unfortunately still a taboo subject in the army, and I hope that this case serves to remind the MoD that they have a continuing duty of supervision and monitoring.'ДЄ MoD spokesman said: 'When compensation claims are received they are considered on the basis of whether or not the Ministry of Defence has a legal liability to pay compensation. His lawyer, Claire Roantree, said: 'The case highlights the potential liability of military psychiatrists and officers when signs of PTSD appear and their joint responsibility in ensuring that army personnel are properly monitored and treated. 'I can only hope that others in my situation вЂ“ ex and still serving вЂ“ who seek help or are suffering from PTSD receive the treatment they need and deserve to rehabilitate or assist them in their lives, not only for their sake but also their loved ones.' Today the ex-soldier, who joined the army in 1984, said: 'I feel that treatment or at least monitoring may have prevented my eventual breakdown and I would have remained a valuable asset to the military, especially in the present climate of operations. The case was settled out of court for a six-figure sum, with liability split 40% to the MoD and 60% to the insurers covering the car accident, his legal team said. He argued that as he was only formally diagnosed in 2004, the time to bring a claim was from this date onwards.

It said the ex-soldier had knowledge of his PTSD from the tests in 19 and should have brought a case within three years, said his legal team. Originally the MoD argued that he had left it too late to make a claim. Medical evidence showed that he would not have suffered such a serious deterioration had he been treated when the initial tests were carried out, said his lawyers. He argued that the MoD's failure to diagnose him in the late 1990s and to monitor and treat the condition left him more vulnerable to future stressful events. He suffered a breakdown as his symptoms deteriorated severely, and had to be medically discharged from the army. Two weeks later he was involved in a car accident. He was only formally diagnosed in June 2004 after being seen by a civilian consultant psychiatrist, said his legal team. He had served in the Gulf war, Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Nigerian and Sierra Leone, defusing bombs and dealing with the aftermath. He underwent psychometric tests in 19 but, it was claimed, he was cleared by a senior army psychiatrist to continue serving on operations вЂ“ although he was also asked to appear in a training video about PTSD and its symptoms. In a case his lawyers claim has implications for other serving and former members of the military, the soldier from Oxfordshire, who cannot be named for security reasons, claimed his condition might not have deteriorated had the army acted sooner. A former army bomb disposal expert suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has won a six-figure compensation settlement after claiming the Ministry of Defence failed to properly diagnose and treat his condition early enough.

Half life ptsd mod