COURT No. 1 ARMED FORCES TRIBUNAL PRINCIPAL BENCH: NEW DELHI OA 804/2022 Ex Nk Jai Shankar Yadav ve Applicant Versus Union of India and Ors. owe Respondents For Applicant : Mr. Ved Prakash, Advocate For Respondents: Maj. A. R. Subramanium, OIC Legal Cell 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 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 @30% rounded of to 50% with effect from the date of discharge of the applicant; along with all consequential benefits. 2. The applicant was enrolled in The Indian Army on 24.12.2002 and retired from The Indian Army on 30.06.2012 OA 804/2022 Ex Nk Jai Shankar Yadav Vs Uol & aNafter serving for 18 years, 06 months and 06 days of qualifying service. The Release Medical Board dated held that the applicant was fit to be discharged from service in low medical category for the disability PRIMARY HYPERTENSION @30% for life, while the qualify