NANA Opinion in Medical Board: How to Challenge Before AFT in Disability Pension Cases

A NANA opinion means the medical or adjudicating authority has treated the disability as Neither Attributable Nor Aggravated by military service. In disability pension cases, a NANA finding can be challenged where the medical board gives no proper reasons, ignores service conditions, disregards the presumption of fitness at enrolment, contradicts earlier medical categorisation, fails to...

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Armed Forces Tribunal and Military Law in India: Jurisdiction, Procedure and Remedies

The Armed Forces Tribunal, commonly known as the AFT, is a specialised judicial forum created under the Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007 to decide service disputes of Army, Navy and Air Force personnel, including retired personnel, dependants, heirs and successors in service-related matters. It also hears appeals arising from court martial findings, sentences and orders....

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