S1H1A5(S-L)P1E1 category with 75% disability, holding that he was permanently unfit for service. The Medical Board further opined that the disability suffered by the petitioner was contracted in service, in circumstances over which he had no control and yet, in a contradictory vein, stated that the disability was not directly attributable to service. Against the entry which required the Medical Board to opine as to whether, if the disability was not directly attributable to service, it could be said to have been aggravated by service, the Medical Board entered “NA”. The petitioner was, thereafter, examined by a Review Medical Board2 on 20 January 2021, which assess his medical category as S1H1A5(S-L)P1E1 with 100% disability. The RMB, too, opined that the disability was contracted in service, in circumstances over which the petitioner had no control, but held, nonetheless, that it was not directly attributable to or aggravated by the conditions of his service. A Court of Inquiry3 was convened which opined, on 10 February 2021, that, though the petitioner had sustained an injury on his back while on bona fide government duty, the injury was not so serious as good result in a disease such as Pott’s Spine. The Commandant, on 16 March 2021, agreed with the said opinion. Later, the Inspector General of the BSF, on 18 August 2021, again opined that the disablement of the petitioner due to “Effects of Pott’s Spine with complete loss of Bowel and Bladder Control” was neither attributable to nor aggravated by Government service.
