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NC (dec'd) by JC v Secretary of State for Defence (Armed Forces Compensation Scheme) [2024] UKUT 170 (AAC) (6 June 2024)


Claim made under Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) in respect of fatal melanoma - Serviceman exposed to intense sun exposure both before and after April 2005 - Claimant argued that post-April 2005 sun exposure was predominant cause of cancer - Veterans UK decision to refuse award confirmed by First-tier Tribunal - Whether FTT relied on impermissible methods to find facts (including reliance on own knowledge) - Whether FTT misapplied causation test - Effect of latency - JM v SSD [2016] AACR 3 considered - Further appeal to Upper Tribunal dismissed.

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