{"id":385886,"date":"2026-06-02T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T09:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=385886"},"modified":"2026-06-02T14:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T09:18:15","slug":"disability-pension-army-personnel-medical-opinion-kerala-high-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/06\/02\/disability-pension-army-personnel-medical-opinion-kerala-high-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Disability Pension to Army Personnel Cannot be Denied on Medical Opinion Unsupported by Adequate Reasons: Kerala High Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n.animate-charcter{background-image: linear-gradient(-225deg, #231557 0%, #44107a 29%, #ff1361 67%, #fff800 100%); background-size: 200% auto; -webkit-background-clip: text; -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent; animation: textclip 0s linear infinite;}\n@keyframes textclip {to {background-position: 200% center;}}\n<\/style>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Kerala High Court:<\/span> In a writ petition filed by a former Army personnel challenging the order dated 06-03-2024 passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Kochi, rejecting his claim for disability pension, the Division Bench of K. Natarajan and<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Johnson John*<\/span>, JJ., said that for disability pension claims raised within 15 years of discharge, the primary burden of proof rests on the Department, and disability pension cannot be denied solely based on inadequately reasoned medical opinions or merely because the disease manifested during peace postings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Background<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The petitioner enrolled on 18-11-2004, was discharged on 30-11-2021 after completing 17 years and 12 days of service. Upon discharge, the Release Medical Board assessed him with disabilities of primary hypertension (30% for life) and obesity (5% for life), with a composite disability of 33.5% for life. However, the Board concluded that the disabilities were neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service, leading to rejection of his claim for disability pension.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Aggrieved by the rejection, the petitioner approached the Armed Forces Tribunal, Kochi, which dismissed his claim. The Tribunal held that the petitioner could not claim the benefit of presumptions under the Entitlement Rules for Casualty Pensionary Awards, 1982, and accepted the Medical Board&#8217;s opinion that the disabilities were not connected to military service.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Analysis<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court examined Rule 7 of the Entitlement Rules for Casualty Pensionary Awards, 2008, and reiterated that where claims are raised within 15 years from discharge, the primary burden of proof remains on the Department. Since the petitioner had pursued remedies immediately after rejection of his claim and approached the Tribunal without delay, the Court held that the Tribunal wrongly shifted the burden entirely onto him.<\/p>\n<p>The Court observed that,<\/p>\n<p class=\"animate-charcter\" style=\"margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 3%; font-style: italic;\">&#8220;We find force in the argument of the petitioner that since the claim is raised within 15 years from the date of discharge; the onus of proof will be primarily on the Department and the findings of the Tribunal in this regard is not legally sustainable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court further scrutinised the reasoning of the Medical Board and observed that merely stating that the disease arose during peace tenure or describing obesity as a lifestyle disorder was insufficient to deny attributability. The Court noted that the Medical Board&#8217;s opinion lacked adequate reasons and relied on precedents emphasising that disability pension claims, being beneficial in nature, require liberal interpretation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Decision<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Allowing the writ petition, the Court set aside the order of the Armed Forces Tribunal and held that the petitioner was entitled to disability pension. The respondents were directed to issue a corrigendum PPO granting disability pension within three months from receipt of the judgment. The Court further ordered that failure to comply within the stipulated period would result in unpaid arrears carrying interest at 7% per annum.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\">Balamurali Krishna v Union of India, WP(C) No. 2893 of 2026, decided on 29-05-2026<\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Also Read:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/02\/14\/sc-disability-pension-arrears-no-three-year-limit\/\" target=\"_blank\">Disability pension arrears can&#8217;t be restricted to three years once broad banding entitlement stands judicially settled: Supreme Court<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/02\/03\/del-hc-medical-board-lifestyle-disability-pension-denial-unsustainable\/\" target=\"_blank\">Medical Board&#8217;s bald plea of &#8220;lifestyle disorder&#8221; insufficient to deny disability pension: Delhi High Court<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/04\/28\/sc-presumes-service-related-illness-disability-pension\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Illness is presumed to be service related if no disease is recorded by medical board at time of entry&#8217;; Supreme Court orders 50% disability pension for ex-serviceman<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/12\/28\/aft-grants-disability-pension-former-army-man-suffering-from-hypertension-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Patently illegal &amp; against the thought process of Armed Forces itself&#8217;; AFT grants disability pension to former army personnel suffering from primary hypertension<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/12\/25\/aft-grants-disability-pension-former-army-man-suffering-from-hypertension\/\" target=\"_blank\">Armed Forces Tribunal grants disability pension to former army personnel suffering from primary hypertension<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/10\/21\/is-hypertension-a-disability-attributable-to-or-aggravated-by-military-service\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Army authorities chose to relieve themselves from onerous obligations&#8217;; Punjab and Haryana HC upheld disability pension of a soldier discharged from service on compassionate grounds<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt; margin-bottom: 3%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/10\/21\/is-hypertension-a-disability-attributable-to-or-aggravated-by-military-service\/\" target=\"_blank\">AFT | Is hypertension a disability attributable to or aggravated by Military Service? Will Invalidation make one entitled to disability pension? Tribunal decides<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; text-indent: 18pt; border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; background-color: #DCDCDC;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">*Judgment Authored by: Justice Johnson John<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Advocates who appeared in this case:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For Petitioners:<\/span> T.R. Jagadeesh, Adi Narayanan, Gokulkrishna V.K., Jose Job, Manasi Jagadeesh<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For Respondents:<\/span> M.Shajna, CGC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">Holding that where a disability pension claim is raised within 15 years of discharge the primary burden of proof rests on the Department and not the claimant, the Kerala High Court set aside the Armed Forces Tribunal&#8217;s rejection of a former soldier&#8217;s disability pension 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