Tom Blackwell, National Post Published: Tuesday, September 08, 2009
A recent court ruling has raised unusual new concerns about the post-traumatic stress that afflicts a growing number of Canadian soldiers, concluding that such anxiety may have helped cause multiple sclerosis in an air force veteran.
The Federal Court said a review board should reconsider granting Dennis Patterson -- who flew missions to such hot spots as Bosnia, Somalia and Rwanda -- a pension for his MS, given the possible link to on-the-job stress. Such pensions are meant for injuries or diseases triggered by military duty, much like the benefits awarded by civilian workers' compensation boards address workplace injury.
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