1: WAR DISABILITY PENSION
This is a monitory award for NZ servicemen who have a disability or ailment attributable to their service. You can claim for any medical ailment or disability which you feel was caused by your military service. The disability pension is paid at a percentage rate between 5% and 100% which relates in dollar terms between $16 and $324 per fortnight. The two scenarios regarding the success of an application are as follows:

Veteran served in a War or Emergency
In this case the onus of proof regarding the link between your service and medical condition is in the veterans favour. In other words War Pensions have to accept or disprove your claim.

Veteran has routine service - only before 1974
In this case the veteran has to prove their case most likely with information shown in their service medical records. After 1974 claims are made to ACC.
It is beneficial to have a set of your service medical records as we all forget things that happened years ago that now could be important to your application. You can get your documents from – Naval Medical records, RNZN Naval Base, Devonport, Auckland. FormltrMedicalrecord.pdf

The Application
Your application for this pension must be made on the War Disablement Pension Application form and an article follows on the correct proceedure.  ApplicationforWarPension.pdf
When your pension reaches 70% you may be entitled to further benefits such as the Veterans Pension.

VETERANS PENSION (Clayton's Pension)
Qualifiers  1: Must have served in a War or Emergency
                    2: Must have at least 70% War disability pension
                    3: Must be aged 65 years
New Qualification – If you are younger than 65 and have a disability which stops you working long-term. This means a veteran can get equivalent super before age 65.

The payment is the same as  the equivalent Super pension.
The benefits of the Veterans pension only come into effect when the veteran dies and these benefits are -
1: Veterans Pension cash payout
2: Burial grant, some qualifiers on this.
3: Spouse of veteran receives Surviving Spouse Pension, $240 per fortnight on top of Super pension.

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