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Traumatised troops get payout pittance after Afghanistan and Iraq
Neil Christie felt the army washed its hands of him
Since November 2005 the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has paid 155 mentally
traumatised soldiers, who experience delusions, hallucinations, flashbacks
and severe depression, an average of just under £6,000, according to
official figures. Four others received payments above £9,075.
Sir John Major, the former prime minister, is so concerned by the low payouts
that he has written to Gordon Brown to object in what aides describe as “the
strongest possible terms”.
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