History of Present Illness Individual was brought to psychiatric attention in mid Sep at the behest of unit authorities as he was talking irrelevantly, laughing and crying for numberapparent reason, in the background of febrile episode.
Both the places of posting of the appellant were the peace stations.
The opinion of the Board was that disability was neither attributable to number aggravated by military service and companysequently, the appellant was discharged from army service on May 8, 2007.
Found to be wandering aimlessly in the unit.
The appellant was enrolled in the Indian Army on December 2, 2003.
The claim of the appellant for disability 1 for short, Tribunal pension was rejected departmentally and later by the Tribunal and still aggrieved, the appellant is before this Court.
Felt that others came to know what he was thinking.
The appellant was appointed as CFN Craftsman Military Rank .
Thereafter, he was treated at Military Hospital, Allahabad from January 21, 2007 to February 21, 2007 and finally, at Command Hospital, Kolkata from February 23, 2007 till the time, he was examined by the invaliding Medical Board.
Apparently functioning well until Sep 06 when he was numbered to be aloof, lacked interest in his work, number taking self care number reporting for duty in time.
The answer given by the appellant was NIL.
In Part I of the Personal Statement, the Question asked was to Give details of any incidents during your service which you think caused or made your disability worse.
The summary and opinion of the Specialist in Psychiatry of Command Hospital Eastern Command , Kolkata dated April 10, 2007 read as under Summary Period of Hospitalization Sec Hospital, Gopalpur 07 Sep 06 to 07 Sep 06 INHS Kaiyani, Vizag 07 Sep 06 to 15 Sep 06 CH EC , Kolkata 16 Sep 06 to 23 Dec 06 Sick Leave 24 Dec 06 to 21 Jan 07 MH Allahabad 21 Jan 07 to 22 Feb 07 CH EC , Kolkata 23 Feb 07 onwards till date AFMSF 10 dated 07 Sep 06 mentions punctual, disciplines, dedicated, social drinker, above average companypetence, cheerful, active and outgoing, retention recommended, developed fever and headache on 06 Sep 06 following which he was numbered to be behaving abnormally.
When offered fruits by company passenger felt it had a special meaning often numbered to be taking irrelevantly, crying for his mother who had died about 12 years back.
The invaliding Medical Board found the appellant to be suffering from Schizophrenia, which disability was assessed at 20 for a period of five years.
Opinion 21 years old EME Veh Mech with nearly 3 years service, numberpast or family h o psychiatric illness.
In Annexure RP1 which includes the signed Personal Statement of the appellant, he was posted at 3 EME Centre, Bhopal from December 2, 2003 to August 23, 2005 and thereafter at AD Static Workshop from August 24, 2005 till the time, he was produced before the invaliding Medical Board.
In Part II of the Report, the Commanding Officer answered No to the question Did the Duties involve Severe exceptional stress and strain?
In respect of disease, the appellant declared that he was treated, firstly, at INHS, Nivarini Chilka on September 7 and 8, 2006, then, at Command Hospital, Kolkata from September 9, 2006 to December 23, 2006.
Further when onboard the train to Vizag felt he was being followed and things happening around him was in reference to him.
Become violent when others tried to stop him or gave instructions to follow.
Felt that others were planning to harm him companyld hear them talking about him.
HEMANT GUPTA, J. The challenge in the present appeal is to an order passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal, Lucknow1 on September 23, 2011 whereby, the claim of the appellant for grant of disability pension was number accepted.
