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Veterans: Pain

Asked by David ReedConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 17 July 2026UIN 17660

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of recognition of chronic pain conditions within Armed Forces compensation schemes.

Answered by Mr Calvin Bailey

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 17 June 2026 to Question 9408 to the hon. Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole (Vikki Slade). https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-06-12/9408.

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