Pensions and compensation

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Services

• War Widows / War Widowers Pension / funeral expenses

  This form provides information on and is used for making your first claim for a War Widows/War Widowers Pension/Funeral expenses.

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Guidance and regulation

• Armed forces pensions
  • Detailed guide
  • 14 November 2024
  • Ministry of Defence, Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees, and Veterans UK
• Apply for Armed Forces Compensation or a War Pension
  • Detailed guide
  • 7 November 2022
  • Veterans UK and Ministry of Defence
• Service leavers' guide
  • Guidance
  • 18 September 2024
  • Ministry of Defence and Veterans UK
• Understanding your armed forces pension
  • Detailed guide
  • 12 September 2024
  • Office for Veterans' Affairs and Ministry of Defence
• War disablement pension 2024 rates
  • Guidance
  • 8 April 2024
  • Ministry of Defence and Veterans UK

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News and communications

• Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and Veterans Welfare Reviews published today
  • 17 July 2023
  • Ministry of Defence, Cabinet Office, Office for Veterans' Affairs, and Veterans UK
  • Press release
• Learning from our experiences together - further updates
  • 28 October 2022
  • Ministry of Defence and Veterans UK
  • News story
• Committed to enhancing our services – the first in a series of customer help videos launched
  • 26 July 2022
  • Ministry of Defence and Veterans UK
  • News story
• McCloud Remedy update
  • 5 February 2021
  • Ministry of Defence and Veterans UK
  • News story
• Important information for customers living in the European Union (EU)/ European Economic Area (EEA)
  • 18 December 2020
  • Ministry of Defence and Veterans UK
  • News story

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Policy papers and consultations

• Armed forces pension consultation regarding amendments to the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 2015
  • 26 September 2018
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 27 July 2018
• Eastern England VAPC strategy 2016 to 2018
  • 1 July 2016
  • Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• VAPC annual ministerial report
  • 22 March 2019
  • Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees
  • Corporate report
• IMEG fourth report on medical and scientific aspects of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme
  • 6 December 2017
  • Independent Medical Expert Group and Ministry of Defence
  • Corporate report

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Organisations

• Ministry of Defence
• Veterans UK
• Independent Medical Expert Group
• Office for Veterans' Affairs
• Cabinet Office

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• Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees