In Brief
Ex-Craftsman Yadav, discharged from the Indian Army in 2007 after an invaliding Medical Board found him unfit due to Schizophrenia assessed at 20%, sought disability pension. The Medical Board concluded the condition was neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service. The Supreme Court upheld the rejection, holding that the presumption that unrecorded diseases arise in service does not automatically apply to mental disorders. Since Yadav was posted in a peace station without evidence of service-related stress, and mental disorders may escape detection at enrolment due to intervals of normality, the condition's attribution to military service was not established. Courts cannot overturn Medical Board opinions without strong medical evidence. The appeal was dismissed.",
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