Military Training Injury Claims

If you have been injured while training and you believe your accident was caused by negligence, you may be able to make a claim for military training accident compensation. If you have a PAX insurance policy, you may be able to claim under that, too.

You have a legal right to claim, no matter your branch of service. We have pursued compensation claims on behalf of regular Army, RAF, and Royal Navy personnel, as well as:

• Army, RAF, and Royal Naval Reserve personnel
• Specialist unit personnel.

You generally have three years to make a claim unless you were under 18 at the time of the accident. If this was the case, you get three years from the date of your 18th birthday to make a claim.

It's also possible to bring a claim after leaving the service, whether due to your injury or not, provided you bring your claim within these time limits.

Even if you’re unable to make a legal claim for compensation, you may still be able to claim under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS). This is because the AFCS doesn’t need you to prove that anyone else was at fault, unlike a legal claim.

Making an AFCS claim means your compensation amount will be based on a tariff system. The minimum award is £1,200 and the maximum lump sum is £570,000. This may mean you get less in compensation than if you took your claim through the court process, but rest assured that we can challenge the tariff if we don’t believe you were awarded a high enough sum for your injuries.

Military training exercise injuries come in many forms. Injuries that can occur through military training accidents include:

• Burns
• Live firing injuries
• Broken bones
• Brain damage
• Limb loss
• Hearing loss 
• Loss of vision.

If you have sustained one of the injuries listed above, or a different type of injury, contact us and we can tell you if you can claim compensation.

A common concern for people who work in the military is that making a claim may harm their career.

Working in the military is the same as any other job in that your employer has a responsibility to keep you safe. While it’s accepted that the military comes with a higher risk of injury in the field, if you are injured during a controlled training exercise, your employer has failed in its responsibility, and you could be entitled to claim.

The MoD acknowledges that people in the military are frequently put in dangerous circumstances and it can’t legally discriminate against any military personnel who claim against them for compensation.

If the accident you were involved in resulted in you developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), you may be able to make a claim. Many PTSD claims are made through the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS). Our military injury team has decades of experience in successfully representing military personnel who have developed PTSD after an accident.

We know that your claim needs to be handled with sensitivity and understanding, so will we keep you updated throughout the process and make sure you’re as reassured and comfortable as possible.