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of Colonel Personnel Services
(iii) In case of Personnel Below Officer-in-Charge of respective
Officer Rank Record Office

(b) ASSESSMENT: The assessment with regard to percentage of disability as
recommended by the Invaliding Medical Board/Release Medical Board as approved by
the next higher medical authority would be treated as final for life unless the individual
himself requests for a review.

(c) APPROVING AUTHORITY FOR MEDICAL BOARDS: Medical Board
Proceedings shall be approved by the next higher medical authority than the one which
constituted the board. In case where disability is abnormally high or low, approving
authority shall refer the proceeding back to the medical boards for re-consideration. If
required, the approving authority may physically examine/get the individual re-examined,
to ascertain the correct position.

(II) DISEASE CASES:

(a) ATTRIBUTABILITY/AGGRAVATION: Decision regarding disability
being attributable to / aggravated by military service in respect of cases pertaining to
invalidment owing to various diseases on retirement/discharge with various diseases for
grant of disability element, shall be taken by the competent authority-

(i) In cases of Officer of the rank of Adjutant General
Brigadier and above
(ii) In case of Officer upto the rank Additional director General
of Colonel Personnel services
(iii) In case of Personnel Below Officer-in-Charge of respective
Officer Rank Record Office

(b) ASSESSMENT: The assessment and period of assessment with regard to
percentage of disability as recommended by the Invaliding Medical Board/Release
Medical Board and as approved by next medical authority will be final unless the
individual himself requests for a review except in cases of disabilities which are not of a
permanent nature or approving authorities mentioned in clause (a) above have any doubt.
In both the cases the individual will be re-examined by a Review Medical Board.

(III) RE- ASSESSMENT OF DISABILITY:
There shall be no periodical reviews by the Resurvey Medical Board for re-
assessment of disabilities. In case of disabilities adjudicated which are of a permanent
nature, the decision once arrived at shall be final and for life unless the individual himself
requests for a review. In case of disabilities, which are not of a permanent nature, there
shall be only one review of the percentage by a Re-assessment Medical Board to be
carried out later within a specified time frame. The percentage of disability

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