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Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS)

AFCS general information
Key keatures of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme
Frequently asked questions
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AFCS Claim forms
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AFCS tariff
Wider Benefits Potentially Available to AFCS Claimants

AFCS Claim forms

AFCS01 Claim Form
This form should be completed if you want to make a claim under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme. You must be serving or have served in HM Forces (including Reserve Forces and Brigade of Gurkhas) and your illness or injury was caused by your service on or after 6 April 2005. If you are no longer serving and your illness or injury was caused by your service before 6th April 2005, you may be considered under the War Pensions Scheme.

AFCS02 Dependants
This form should be completed if you want to make a claim under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and you are the dependant (or the Guardian or legal representative of a dependent child) of a former service person who died after leaving service on or after 6th April 2005. Claims must be made within 1 year
of the death.

AFCS/FFP02DIS Dependant’s details Form
This form should be completed to confirm Dependant’s details and to make a claim for children under the Armed Forces Pension Scheme (AFPS) and/or the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS), where death occurred in service on or after the 6th April 2005.

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