§ Captain W. BENNasked the Minister of Pensions whether his attention has been called to the case of Mr. B. A. Board, of 10, Grace Street, Bow, E., who was examined by a medical board in February, 1920, after all the necessary forms had been filled up and forwarded to the Ministry; and why no decision on the case has been announced, although the Poplar Pensions Committee wrote to the Ministry about it on the 13th May and, further, sent two reminders without any effect whatsoever?
§ Major TRYON:My right hon. Friend regrets that there has been delay in this case. Mr. Board, on demobilisation in September, 1919, did not claim to be suffering from any disability due to service, and his subsequent claim to pension has not been admitted as it has not been possible to obtain corroborative evidence of the fall from a motor lorry in August, 1918, which Mr. Board alleges resulted in the disability, synovitis of the knees, in respect of which his claim is made. Everything possible will now be done to expedite a decision.