Examples of use of WDP
1. The WDP is paid either as a one–off sum or in instalments.
2. Some 6,430 personnel are awaiting WDP payments and 602 await AFCS deals.
3. The Veterans Agency runs two compensation schemes, the War Disablement Pension (WDP) for those wounded before April 5, 2005, and the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS), for those wounded after this date.
4. The WDP could not be claimed until an applicant had left service, while the AFCS is designed to be paid quickly after an injury, even if the claimant remains in the Forces.