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Andy8319
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Hi
I broke my fibula and ankle six weeks ago. I have been on home leave since and I am making weekly visits to the hospital.
I had a plat fitted and 7 pins. I also ripped my ligaments in the foot and it is still not moving at all. I am seeing a specialist next week about that. I also have poor circulation to the foot which isn't helping and I've been told my bone in the leg has gone soft now.
I was told by my army doctor to use the AFCS to claim. My question is do I have to or can I use a civilian company to claim. Which would be better? Also how would this affect me if I am later discharged due to the injury?
Also what tarrif is my injury likely to be in. I have already been down graded at work and the physiotherapist thinks 12 months at least before I'm back on the road.
Thanks for any replies in advance.
I broke my fibula and ankle six weeks ago. I have been on home leave since and I am making weekly visits to the hospital.
I had a plat fitted and 7 pins. I also ripped my ligaments in the foot and it is still not moving at all. I am seeing a specialist next week about that. I also have poor circulation to the foot which isn't helping and I've been told my bone in the leg has gone soft now.
I was told by my army doctor to use the AFCS to claim. My question is do I have to or can I use a civilian company to claim. Which would be better? Also how would this affect me if I am later discharged due to the injury?
Also what tarrif is my injury likely to be in. I have already been down graded at work and the physiotherapist thinks 12 months at least before I'm back on the road.
Thanks for any replies in advance.
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the main question is, how did this injury occur? was the MOD responsible or not will be key.Plan: [STRIKE]Finish off paying the remainder of my debts[/STRIKE].
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If you were on duty ie not on leave then I would look at putting the claim in. They will look at all your medical documents and make the decision on what tariff. There is a tariff guide with the afcs form but only use that as a rough guide. Don't be in a rush for any compensation though because it can take between 2 months and a year for any offers/payments.0
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You don't need to use a claim company (and therefore pay them fees) as the claim will be made to the ADFCS whether you do it yourself or through someone else. It needs to be an on-duty injury - MOD (the taxpayer) won't pay if you were doing something else off duty. Hopefully your Army doc already understands that.
The AFCS folks are unlikely to finalise a claim until your permanent prognosis is known - i.e. do you have a long-term injury/disability or will you fully recover, or somewhere in-between - obviously the compensation is different depending on how much it affects your life going forwards.
It won't affect any potential medical discharge decision
Hope you make a full recovery :-)Mortgage Free thanks to ill-health retirement0
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