WAR PENSIONS.
EVIDENCE BEFORE OOMMISSION. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Oct. 6. Giving evidence before the Pensions Commission to-day, Dr. A. Izard, member of the War Pensions Board, said that many anomalies existed, A man with a leg amputated above the knee was classified as 80 per cent, disabled and received 32a pension, if the whole leg was lost he was classified as 85 per cent, disabled and received 345. Two shillings was nothing like an adequate difference. The whole schedule should be regraded. The attendant’s allowance of £1 for a totally disabled man was insufficient. Disabilities should be assessed by a medical board, not by the War Pensions Board, in which the two lay members were able to outvote the one medical opinion upon medical questions. It was debatable whether the correct method of assessment had been followed in the past. -Some men receiving full pensions as totally incapacitated were earning money. The previous occupations of the men were not taken into account.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 October 1922, Page 4
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163WAR PENSIONS. Taranaki Daily News, 7 October 1922, Page 4
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