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Union Of India & Anr vs Rajbir SinghFor Payment Of Pension Primarily On The Ground That The Medical Boards Concerned Having Clearly Opined That The Disability 2 Had Not Arisen Out Of Or Aggravated By Military Service, The Tribunal Was Not Justified In Taking A Contrary View 3 Relying Upon The Decisions Of This Court In Union Of India And Ors vs Keshar SinghOm Prakash Singh vs Union Of India And OrsSecretary, Ministry Of Defence And Ors vs A vs Damodaran ( Dead ) Through Lrs And OrsAnd Union Of India And Ors vs Ram PrakashThe In These Appeals, That The Opinion Of The Release Medical Board And In Some Cases Re-Survey Medical Board And Appellate Medical Authority Must Be Respected, EspeciallyBy Military Service Was A Technical Question Falling Entirely In The Realm Of Medical Science In Which The Opinion Expressed By Medical Experts Could Not Be Lightly Brushed Aside Inasmuch As The Tribunal Had Failed To Show Any Deference To The Opinion Of The Experts Who Were Better Qualified To Determine The Question Of Attributability Of A Disease/Disability To A Military Service, The Tribunal Had Fallen In Error Argued The Learned Counsel 3 5 Page 5 4 On Behalf Of The It Was, On The Other Hand, Submitted That The Decisions Relied Upon By LearnedThe DecisionsCounselThe Were Of No Assistance In View Of The Later Pronouncement Of This Court In Dharamvir Singh vs Union Of India And Ors