'I just feel used ... I'm worth nothing.' This emotional veteran tells Ben Kentish about the lack of financial support from the government after they denied his application to the War Pension Scheme. BenKentish
As we mark Remembrance Sunday, Ben Kentish questioned if the UK is doing enough for the veterans who were willing to lay down their lives for the country.
This comes after King Charles led the country, for the first time as monarch, in the Remembrance Sunday service in Whitehall. The King was joined by Prince William, Princess Anne, and Prince Edward. Queen Consort Camilla and the Princess of Wales observed from a balcony.King Charles leads Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph for the first time as monarch
This veteran, who was diagnosed with PTSD in 2020, told Ben: "I just feel used ... I made an application to the War Pension Scheme and I'm worth nothing." The government rejected his application declaring the paperwork that he sent them was "not conducive or conclusive" that his PTSD was a result of his time in the military."I've been hospitalised three times in two years. You give it all, you see people fall and then you've got to deal with that, it's hard," he said of his time since service.
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