Armed Forces Compensation Scheme: Hearing Impairment
(asked on 10th September 2021) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the maximum amount payable under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme is for (a) temporary hearing loss and (b) permanent hearing loss, as a result of injuries sustained during military service.
This question was answered on 20th September 2021
The maximum amounts payable under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) for temporary hearing loss is £6,180 and for total deafness in both ears is £484,100.
The full list of descriptors between Level 13 and Level 2 can be found within Table 7 of Schedule 2 of the AFCS Order 2011 at:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/517/schedule/3/part/1