Mr. MACLEANasked the Minister of Pensions whether any official or board of officials can award a man a final pension of a definite sum after the Appeals Tribunal have certified that he is suffering from an incurable disease attributable to 566W service during the War; and, if so, the regulation or article in the Pensions Act or Acts which gives them power to act in such a manner?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe Ministry is bound by and accepts without question a decision of the Pensions Appeal Tribunal that an appellant's disability is attributable to or aggravated by service, and thereafter awards compensation on the basis of the degree of disablement then found by a medical board to exist. When the disablement is less than 20 per cent., compensation takes the form of a gratuity or final weekly allowance as provided by Article 1 (3) of the Royal Warrant.