WAR PENSIONS.

Grey River Argus, 11 October 1922, Page 5

WAR PENSIONS.

METHOD OF ASSESSMENT. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, October 10. Giving evidence to the War Pensions Commission, Dr Fenwick, specialist in neurathenia, said that he had nothing to do with the assessment 01 pensions. He merely expressed his upinidn as to the percentage of the disabilitv. The actual pension was fixed by the Board. He did not consider assessment in terms of money, though perfectly aware what money any percentage meant. He did nut consider a man’s occupation. Dr. F. T. Bowerbank said that tire simplest method of assessment was to take the physical basis comparison with a normal healthy man. He approved of an Appeal Board in which the lay element predominated, preferably with a judge or other trained sifter of evidence as President. One member might be a medical man whose advice would be valuable. An appeal tribunal was necessary because men were often dissatisfled through not understanding the reasons for the decisions.