WAR PENSIONS.
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Oct. 10. Giving evidence before the War Pensions Commission, Dr. D. E. Fenwick, specialist in neurastheiua, said he/ had nothing to do with the assesment of pensions. He merely expressed an opinion as to the percentage of disability. The actual pension was fixed by the (board. He did not consider the assessment in terms of money, though perfectly aware what money any percentage meant. He did not consider a man’s occupation. Dr. F. T. Bowerbank said the simplest method of assessment was to take the physical basis of comparison with a normal healthy man. He approved of an Appeal Board on which the lay element predominated, preferably with a Judge or other trained sifter of evidence as president. One member might be a medical man, whose advice would be valuable. An appeal tribunal was necessary* because the men were often dissatisfied through not understanding the reasons for the decisions.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 October 1922, Page 2
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158WAR PENSIONS. Taranaki Daily News, 12 October 1922, Page 2
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