§ 81. Mr. KENNEDYasked the Minister of Pensions if he is aware that Private James Hogg, No. 40,811, 7/8 King's Own Scottish Borderers, residing at 11, Old Abden, Kinghorn, has been a patient in Glenlomond sanatorium, Kinross, suffering from phthisis; that he has been refused any pension or allowance; that he was severely wounded in the chest and abdomen in 1915; that Dr. Deverell had certified that the man was suffering from bronchial catarrh in January, 1918; and that the condition then present was phthisis in the early stage, which was subsequently developed; and whether, in view of the conflict of medical opinion as to the connection of the man's present 260 condition with his military service, any provision can be made to meet the urgent personal and domestic necessities of this ex-service man?
§ Major TRYONThis man was transferred to Class W in October, 1918, and was discharged from the Army in February, 1919. He first claimed pension in August, 1919, in respect of wounds, but as the medical board by whom he was examined found no disability, no award could be made. He subsequently preferred a further claim to pension in May, 1921, in respect of pains in the chest, and on examination by a medical board it was found that he was then suffering from tuberculosis, which, however, the Ministry were unable to accept as being connected with his War service. That decision was confirmed on appeal by the Pensions Appeal Tribunal, who had before them all the relevant medical evidence, including that referred to in the question, and I regret, therefore, that I am not in a position to comply with the suggestion in the last part of the question.