378. 'Attributable to service'.

378. 'Attributable to service'.

Armed Forces (Volume 3 (2019)) | Commentary

On the issue of whether an injury is attributable to service, two questions must be answered: first, when did the injury occur?; secondly, what were the causes1 of its occurrence? If it existed before service, it cannot be attributable to service, but may be aggravated by it. If it occurred during service and if service