I injured my left leg when I was an NSF. I was thrown out of my seat of the bus when our company is travelling to another camp.
I could not walk for a month, and after my leg recovered, I cannot run or walk long distance. It has been 9 years since the accident happened.
Few days ago, the condition of my leg got worst. It is painful even when I am not walking, and I am walking with a limp now. The leg is cold all the time too. It is the same pain I had 9 years ago.
Is it possible to file a case for permanent disablement due to service injury?
Compensations for Service Injuries
Service injuries are injuries sustained while serving NS.
This also includes injuries sustained when reporting for duty or
going home after duty.
You will get free medical treatment for such injuries even after
ORD for lifetime.
Remember to first report your injury to your unit MO. Also remember
to collect and keep all documents relating to your injury and your
treatment. These will help when you submit the injury report and
seek claims.
Source: http://iprep.ns.sg
Service Injuries
If you sustained an injury during your NS training, it may be
considered as attributable to service only when service is the
cause of injury. If you sustained an injury during in-camp training
(ICT), you are required to report immediately to your unit’s
Medical Officer and unit S1. This is so that your unit can arrange
to attend to your injury, and document your injury sustained in
your medical docket and to officially file an in-service training
injury report.
Before MINDEF determines that an injury is attributable to service,
you are responsible for bearing all medical expenses. Treatment for
your injury must be sought at government or restructured hospitals
at your eligible ward and referred to by a government or SAF
Medical Officer.
In the case of permanent disablement due to service injury, a
medical board will be convened. Eligibility for disability
compensation will be based on the degree of residual permanent
disability as endorsed by the SAF Medical Board.
If your service injury requires continuous medical or
hospitalisation leave beyond your in-camp training (ICT) period,
you are eligible for a stepped-down compensation as a form of
ex-gratia payment. Compensation will be based on your civilian pay
or an equivalent regular serviceman’s pay (whichever is higher) if
you do not receive any income from your employers. This ex-gratia
payment is compensation for your loss of income during this period.
Payment will cease when you are no longer on
medical/hospitalisation leave or when disability compensation is
paid, whichever is earlier.
Source: www.mindef.gov.sg/nsmen
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How does an injured serviceman make a claim for the
medical costs incurred for service injury?
The PMC (Personnel Management Centre) will issue all serviceman
with the SI (Service Injury) Card if their injuries have been
approved as attributable to service by the Pensions / Awards
Officer. The serviceman must produce this card to be eligible for
fully-subsidised medical treatment at the government / restructured
hospitals.
If the SI Card is not produced when seeking treatment, the
serviceman will have to pay for all the medical cost first and seek
reimbursement via the respective PMCs with the following
documents:
a. the original medical bills and payment receipts
b. a memorandum from the attending doctor to prove that the
treatment received was for his service injury.
The serviceman is required to notify his PMC immediately when he
loses his SI Card. There will be an administrative charge of $15
for each replacement of lost or defaced SI Card. He will need to
make the payment via MINDEF Cashier / Internet and submit the
receipt to the unit PMC before he will be issued a new SI
Card.
While waiting for the SI Card to be issued or replaced, the
serviceman may approach the respective PMCs for the issuance of the
SI Memo (a temporary identification document) for the
fully-subsidised medical treatment.