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**Flick1983** · 02-03-2011, 22:50

Hi All,

My hubby who is currently serving in RE and is a SSGT is being medically discharged under PAP10.
He is being discharged due to the fact that he can't hear high tones in one of his ears anymore and the we have the letter of liability from the army. We got the letter back in 2005 so he's just had to go for a review every 12 months but now with the defense review he is being discharged due to the fact that he can't deploy even though after finding out about his hearing loss he was still sent to iraq in 2003.

He has been told that he would get his pension straight away because he has done 18 years and as a lump sum he would get 3x his yearly pension.

I have recently had a look on here and found that if they would offer his redundancy he would 3x the amount that he would get if he's medically discharged.

Can someone please tell me the best way forward as he does want to stay in and do his full term.

Many Thanks

**stacker1** · 02-03-2011, 22:52

How much is his lump sum? and how much do you think he will get if he was offered redundancy?

**Flick1983** · 02-03-2011, 22:55

well under the medical discharge he has been told that he would 3x his yearly pension plus his IP. From what I have read under the redundancy he would get a SCP lump sum, terminal grant, IP and he can commute his some of his pension.

**stacker1** · 02-03-2011, 23:00

Originally Posted by Flick1983

well under the medical discharge he has been told that he would 3x his yearly pension plus his IP. From what I have read under the redundancy he would get a SCP lump sum, terminal grant, IP and he can commute his some of his pension.

If he's a SSGT his pension should be about 11 or 12k (Roughly) so times by 3 is 33-36k. I don't think many SSgt at their 18 year point getting redundancy will be getting 99-108K.
You need to see the figures.

**Flick1983** · 02-03-2011, 23:03

I used the redundancy calculator which was on one of the previous posts and it's about £84k that he would get. That's only if he commutes some of pension, if not it's about £59k.

**Flick1983** · 03-03-2011, 11:58

From SPVA he'll get £11,111.40 Yrly pension with £33,334.20 lump sum. Due to hearing being the medical reason it's been said that he won't be looking at a war pension or a minimal one off payment and he doesn't qualify for AFCS. Something has got to be wrong here!

**stacker1** · 03-03-2011, 12:31

Only if you can prove that he is getting discharged rather than getting redundancy. If there were not any redundancies would he still be getting discharged?

**massarge** · 03-03-2011, 12:37

Flick, if there's any chance he will be discharged under PAP10 he will not be considered for redundancy, as he will already have been factored as 'natural wastage' prior to Apr 2015.

**Flick1983** · 03-03-2011, 13:28

Yes he's discharged under PAP 10, it just seems ridiculous that he is getting considerably less for an injury attributed by the Army and he wishes to stay in than Redundancy where people are leaving on their own accord. We are thinking the legion could advise us on the situation too.

**stacker1** · 03-03-2011, 13:39

Originally Posted by Flick1983

Yes he's discharged under PAP 10, it just seems ridiculous that he is getting considerably less for an injury attributed by the Army and he wishes to stay in than Redundancy where people are leaving on their own accord. We are thinking the legion could advise us on the situation too.

I think the point is, he might not get offered redundancy.
If you imagine that no one was getting made redundant, would they still be getting rid of him? If the answer is yes then I don't think the legion can help (Although it doesnt hurt to try).