Wrong, so VERY wrong!

[artetas sock]

A soldier who lost a leg in Afghanistan had his disability benefit taken away despite only being able to walk a few hundred metres with the help of a prosthetic limb, it has been reported.

Private Aron Shelton, 26, from Bridlington, East Yorkshire, had his left leg amputated in December 2008 after he was injured in an explosion in Helmand province a year earlier.

He told the Daily Mirror his reward for learning to walk again was to lose his £180-a-month Disability Living Allowance which paid for a specially-adapted car.

He said: "I managed to walk 400 metres off my own back. It took sheer guts and determination.

"Because I can walk that distance and was honest enough to tell them, the benefit is being taken away from me and with it my means of getting around."

Pte Shelton said the benefit would end in September and he would have to hand back the car.

 

[Blue Ray]

A soldier who lost a leg in Afghanistan had his disability benefit taken away despite only being able to walk a few hundred metres with the help of a prosthetic limb, it has been reported.

Private Aron Shelton, 26, from Bridlington, East Yorkshire, had his left leg amputated in December 2008 after he was injured in an explosion in Helmand province a year earlier.

He told the Daily Mirror his reward for learning to walk again was to lose his £180-a-month Disability Living Allowance which paid for a specially-adapted car.

He said: "I managed to walk 400 metres off my own back. It took sheer guts and determination.

"Because I can walk that distance and was honest enough to tell them, the benefit is being taken away from me and with it my means of getting around."

Pte Shelton said the benefit would end in September and he would have to hand back the car.

The shocking reality of risking your life for Queen and Country. Whoever made that decision should be sent to Afganistan with a fookin pen knife. Unbelievable.

 

[Muggins]

The world is a melting pot of injustice mate.

Disgraceful.

 

[SuffolkBlue]

It makes me sick that somebody who signs his/hers life away for this country and then suffers such tragedy is treated in such a dispicable manner. They should be on a final salary pension starting immediately after serious injury rehabilitation.
The government should maybe prioritize the benefit to those who actually need it, i'd much rather my hard earn't taxes went to somebody that does something for his/hers country unlike the Somalian tw@ in the link below.

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£2000 per week 'ball bag' benefit but the soldier loses his £180 per month justified disability. Nice on England, take from todays hero and give to tomorrows terrorists.

 

[Goat]

Honestly, thats a shithouse trick, disgusting.

 

[teppic]

Jesus Christ. Words fail me there.

 

[Basil Fawlty]

This country disgusts me sometimes. Pathetic.

 

[Latch]

I knew that this country was in a hell of a state but didn't think it was this bad, unbelivable.

 

[teppic]

I knew that this country was in a hell of a state but didn't think it was this bad, unbelivable.

Great to see you back, Latch!!

 

[little curly alan ball]

A soldier who lost a leg in Afghanistan had his disability benefit taken away despite only being able to walk a few hundred metres with the help of a prosthetic limb, it has been reported.

Private Aron Shelton, 26, from Bridlington, East Yorkshire, had his left leg amputated in December 2008 after he was injured in an explosion in Helmand province a year earlier.

He told the Daily Mirror his reward for learning to walk again was to lose his £180-a-month Disability Living Allowance which paid for a specially-adapted car.

He said: "I managed to walk 400 metres off my own back. It took sheer guts and determination.

"Because I can walk that distance and was honest enough to tell them, the benefit is being taken away from me and with it my means of getting around."

Pte Shelton said the benefit would end in September and he would have to hand back the car.

Been having me own travails with them for 18 months .

NOTHING like this lad , but no fukn broken nail , neither .

Stopped me dough - FOR MONTHS . LOTS OF THEM . Then , after winning me appeal - they waited 7 months and then admitted I'd been right ALL ALONG , THE DAY BEFORE WE WERE DUE TO GO TO Court .
( I have been POTLESS for nearly 2 years . I have a Degree and speak a Foreign Language . Yet , these fukas think I'm after trousering £46 p/w , to sit on me arse .)

That was last year . This year they did the same again .

One of the criteria for being barred from beginning my imminent treatment is , Depression , .......

It's a fukn Oxymoron . They , on the other hand , are merely heartless morons .

 

[chicoazul]

Awful that.

Yo Latch!

 

[bluebastardo]

A soldier who lost a leg in Afghanistan had his disability benefit taken away despite only being able to walk a few hundred metres with the help of a prosthetic limb, it has been reported.

Private Aron Shelton, 26, from Bridlington, East Yorkshire, had his left leg amputated in December 2008 after he was injured in an explosion in Helmand province a year earlier.

He told the Daily Mirror his reward for learning to walk again was to lose his £180-a-month Disability Living Allowance which paid for a specially-adapted car.

He said: "I managed to walk 400 metres off my own back. It took sheer guts and determination.

"Because I can walk that distance and was honest enough to tell them, the benefit is being taken away from me and with it my means of getting around."

Pte Shelton said the benefit would end in September and he would have to hand back the car.

I don't buy that story that much to be honest, as the figures don't add up. He would be on the 'higher rate' mobility component if he had lost a leg, and he would need a certain amount of care component too. The higher rate mobility component alone is almost £200 per month at £49.85, and the 'lowest' amount of care payment is £18.95 per week, or £75.80 per month. That's £275.20 per month, so like I said, it doesn't add up. Because he hurt himself at work, he would also be entitled to an 'Industrial Injuries benefit' which would be a figure awarded in line with his injury.

 

[toffeestillidie]

I don't buy that story that much to be honest, as the figures don't add up. He would be on the 'higher rate' mobility component if he had lost a leg, and he would need a certain amount of care component too. The higher rate mobility component alone is almost £200 per month at £49.85, and the 'lowest' amount of care payment is £18.95 per week, or £75.80 per month. That's £275.20 per month, so like I said, it doesn't add up. Because he hurt himself at work, he would also be entitled to an 'Industrial Injuries benefit' which would be a figure awarded in line with his injury.

http://news.google.com/news/more?hl...=more-results&cd=1&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQqgIoADAA don't be so quick to dismiss. I'm not sure what its like in the UK, but in the US not all labor rights apply to military personnel (such as collective bargaining, etc). Though i don't know of any stories this egregious stateside, i'm sure their out there, as veterans benefits in general are an unfortunately neglected issue.

Maybe it'd be better policy for the western world to hold off on starting new wars until we're sure there's enough money to go around to accommodate those who have already made immeasurable sacrifices in the defense of their country

 

[Matt Damon]

A soldier who lost a leg in Afghanistan had his disability benefit taken away despite only being able to walk a few hundred metres with the help of a prosthetic limb, it has been reported.

Private Aron Shelton, 26, from Bridlington, East Yorkshire, had his left leg amputated in December 2008 after he was injured in an explosion in Helmand province a year earlier.

He told the Daily Mirror his reward for learning to walk again was to lose his £180-a-month Disability Living Allowance which paid for a specially-adapted car.

He said: "I managed to walk 400 metres off my own back. It took sheer guts and determination.

"Because I can walk that distance and was honest enough to tell them, the benefit is being taken away from me and with it my means of getting around."

Pte Shelton said the benefit would end in September and he would have to hand back the car.

SUPPORT THE TROOPS .

More civillians than service personnel at the MOD. Says it all!

 

[dixie1928]

Bluebastardo is completely right about the figures. I think the argument should be about whether the man (and others like him, of course) should get a proper pension on recovery. There are a number of benefits centring around war injuries / survivng partners and so on. It's far too complex for a short newspaper article. As for DLA, it is for what it is: disability. Disability is defined really clearly by DWP, so those claiming it have to be equally clear what they put on the form. Believe it or not, there are very few foul, little goblins cooking up ways to cheat the public. By and large, claimants cheat themselves through simply not meeting the criteria on the evidence of their form.

I also have to say that many doctors don't help the patients' cause by not backing up their statements.