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<p>The number of appeals made under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) cleared
by claim type, outcome and financial year are listed in Table 4 of the AFCS Statistics
available on gov.uk at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/armed-forces-compensation-scheme-statistics-financial-year-202021"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/armed-forces-compensation-scheme-statistics-financial-year-202021</a></p><p>
</p><p>The following table is extracted from Table 4 and lists the total number of
injury appeals cleared and their outcome from April 2010 to March 2021.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Claim
Type</p></td><td><p>Outcome</p></td><td><p><strong>Apr 10 - Mar 21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Injury
Appeals</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number
of People</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>6,875</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number
of Injury Appeals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,425</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>New</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>855</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>Increased</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,235</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>Maintained</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,475</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>Reduced</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>Favourable Reconsideration</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,715</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>Disallowed - Late appeal</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>Overturned by Upper Tier Tribunal</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>Out of jurisdiction</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>55</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The total number of appeals that resulted in a new award, increased award or
a favourable reconsideration is 3,805 equating to 51.25% of all injury appeals. During
the same period 89,260 injury claims were cleared.<sup>2 </sup> Whilst some of the
decisions made on those claims may yet be appealed in future years, the number of
favourable appeals compared with the total number of injury claims equates to 4.26%.</p><p>
</p><p>Source: Compensation and Pensions System (CAPS)</p><ol><li>Please see the Background
Quality Report at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/armed-forces-compensation-scheme-statistics-financial-year-202021"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/armed-forces-compensation-scheme-statistics-financial-year-202021</a>
for more information on appeal outcomes.</li><li>Extracted from Table 2 of the official
statistics at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/armed-forces-compensation-scheme-statistics-financial-year-202021"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/armed-forces-compensation-scheme-statistics-financial-year-202021</a></li></ol><p>
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