Road to compensation for injured military veterans is too complex

In the traditional act of remembrance, the country will fall silent for two minutes this weekend for the more than one million British military dead in the First and Second World Wars and subsequent conflicts.

But for much of the rest of the year many former servicemen and women, who have been injured physically or mentally during their time in the forces, feel that they have been forgotten, especially by their previous employer, the Ministry of Defence.

More than 1,500 service personnel were medically discharged from the army, navy and air force last year. The most common reasons involved mental and behavioural issues and musculoskeletal disorders and injuries.

Many who have sustained life-changing injuries struggle to get adequate compensation to enable them to adjust to