COURT No. 1 ARMED FORCES TRIBUNAL PRINCIPAL BENCH: NEW DELHI QA 1079 of 2022 MWO Maheshwar Prasad Singh .. Applicant Versus Union of India and Ors. .. Respondents For Applicant : Mr. Rohit Pratap, Advocate For Respondents’: Mr. D. K. Sabat, Advocate CORAM HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJENDRA MENON, CHAIRPERSON HON’BLE LT GEN C.P.MOHANTY, MEMBER (A) ORDER Invoking the jurisdiction of this Tribunal under Section 14 of the Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007, the applicant has filed this OA praying to direct the respondents to accept the disabilities of the applicant as attributable to/aggravated by military service and grant disability element of pension @20% rounded of to 50%, along with all consequential benefits. 2. The applicant was enrolled in the Indian Air Force on 06.02.1982 and was discharged on 28.02.2021 after serving for 39 years and 23 days of regular service. The Release Medical OA 1079/2022 MWO Maheshwar Prasad Singh Vs Uol & Ors.Board (RMB) dated 21.09.2020 assessed his disability- Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Rt Eye (Optd) Barrage Laser (Lt) Eye with Pseudophakia (Rt) Eye and Barrage Laser (Lt) Eye @ 20% for life and held that the applicant was fit to be discharge