§ Major HILLSasked the Minister of Pensions whether the decision of the pensions appeal tribunal is to be con- 53W sidered final in the case of ex-Corporal H. S. Wild, a miner, aged 24, suffering from the effects of a wounded leg and eczema in the feet, whose claim for disablement pension was at the rate of 50 per cent.; whether he was entitled to the 12 months' pension which was granted him by the medical board on his discharge from hospital on 4th November, 1920, which was subsequently cancelled by the Ministry of Pensions office, Newcastle; and whether the pension he received from the date of his discharge, 22nd November, 1918, to December, 1919, and a gratuity of £52 10s. is the extent of the pension to which he is entitled?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONOn demobilisation in November, 1918, this man was awarded a pension of 20 per cent. for 53 weeks in respect of a gunshot wound of the thigh followed by a final gratuity of £52 10s. In August, 1920, he applied for the first time in respect of eczema of the feet; but as no connection could be found between the condition and service, which had terminated 21 months earlier, an award of pension was refused. This decision has been upheld by the Pensions Appeal Tribunal and is therefore final. If the condition of the gunshot wound is now worse an application for reconsideration on that ground may be made through the local War Pensions Committee.