SangsLegal News Grant disability pension in respect of disability 'Diabetes Mellitus Type-II: AFT Regional Bench Guwahati

The Armed Forced Tribunal Regional Bench Guwahati held that the disability (diabetes mellitus) of the applicant should be held attributable to/ aggravated by the military service.The Bench further stated that the fact that armed forces personnel go through the pressure of rigorous military training and associated stress and strain of the service and holding the disability in question as only metabolic disorder without giving any specific grounds for the opinion may not be acceptable. lt may also be taken into consideratron that the most of the personnel of the armed forces, during their service, work in the stressful and hostile environment, difficult weather conditions and under sfrict disciplinary norms.