[2025] UKUT 215 (AAC)

Appeal No. UA-2024-SCO-000019-WP

Between:

WJ

Appellant

- v -

Secretary of State for Defence

Respondent

Before: Upper Tribunal Judge Wright

Decided after an oral hearing on 11 February 2025

Representation:

Appellant: Tim Haddow, Advocate

Respondent: Megan Dewart, Advocate

On appeal from:

Tribunal: Pensions Appeal Tribunals for Scotland

Tribunal Case No: PATS/E/19/0018

Tribunal Venue: George House, Edinburgh

Decision Date: 13 October 2023

SUMMARY OF DECISION

The PATS’s decision on the evidence before it that Gulf War Illness (aka Gulf War Syndrome) is not a physical injury/an organic disease was not in error of law.

KEYWORD NAME (Keyword Number) 56 (war pensions); 56.1 (entitlement)

Please note the Summary of Decision is included for the convenience of readers. It does not form part of the decision. The Decision and Reasons of the judges follow.

DECISION