Rabone v Secretary of State for Defence (AFCS) : [2026] UKUT 311 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Mr Justice Hickinbottom on 20 April 2026

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 12 August 2026

• Categories: War pensions and armed forces compensation
• Sub-categories: War pensions and armed forces compensation - Armed Forces Compensation Scheme
• Judges: Hickinbottom, G
• Decision date: 20 April 2026

Read the full decision in UA-2025-000452-AFCS

Judicial Summary

Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011 – claim for tinnitus consequential on COVID-19 – meaning of “outbreak” in the disapplication of the exclusion of exogenous infections from the scope of the Scheme under Article 12(3)

Published 12 August 2026