Well considering they've been added with a weekly payment FOR LIFE ontop of larger lump sums, maybe, they didn't say what the weekly payments were, that could end up being 100k's.
people break there legs all over, at work, playing football, it happens, a lifetime payment and a huge lump sum for a leg breaking sounds a little overkill to me, and somehow one leg being shorter than the other = problems in his other limbs?
As for the other one, pain is hard to quantify, we don't know the facts, is he faking it to get money, or is he in real pain, is the pain psychological, ptsd, something else... you can't really say yes or no either way. Being shot on duty as opposed to hurting your leg in training though are in two different ballparks to me.
But again its impossible to say with limited information, a weekly payment of even £10, for life, adds up to a pretty hefty sum, £10 a week for 50 years is 26k, if its £100 a week, thats 260k, for breaking your leg?
Not every soldier is above reproach just like any other people in life, SOME of the claims are going to be bogus or at least trying it on to get as much money as possible. Purely because they are soldiers we should just give in and give them as much cash as possible, that seems entirely wrong for me. If they think the guys are trying it on, they should try and get the compensation reduced, you would in any other situation if they weren't soldiers.
People who have massive problems should get payments. Neither of these guys lost limbs, arms, are unable to speak, walk, feed themselves.
