628.Where a claim to a war pension is rejected, there is a right of appeal to the independent Pensions Appeal Tribunals (PAT). Most decisions about entitlement to a war pension or assessment of the level of disability are appealable. But certain decisions, such as entitlement to supplementary allowances (which can be paid in addition to a basic war pension) do not carry a statutory right of appeal. There are also groups of people, such as those who served in the inter-war years, that do not have appeal rights. Instead, War Pensions Committees (a countrywide network of statutory bodies comprised of volunteers appointed by the Secretary of State) hear these cases and can make non-binding recommendations to the Secretary of State.
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