The Defense Ministry's Remuneration Officer recognized repeated dislocations of his right shoulder in a soldier who served as a facility security guard at the Third Base in Ramat Gan, as an injury caused during and as a result of his military service.
Following a lawsuit filed by the soldier through attorneys Gil and Nitzan Harel for the Remuneration Officer at the Ministry of Defense, he was recognized as an IDF invalid.
The lawsuit states that five years ago, while driving his private vehicle on Modi'in Street in Ramat Gan, near the third base, he was involved in a hit-and-run accident and was hit in the shoulder.
Following the accident, he had to undergo surgery to fix his shoulder about three years ago, but the operation was unsuccessful, so a year and a half ago he underwent another operation.
Despite both surgeries, the soldier is still suffering from repeated shoulder dislocations.
His attorney argued in the lawsuit that since the soldier was afraid to undergo further surgery, it was a permanent disability due to repeated shoulder dislocations and due to muscle thinning, limitation of shoulder movements, pain and fear of recurrent dislocations.
The lawsuit claims that in some cases the soldier manages to return the shoulder himself and in other cases he is forced to go to the emergency room.
Adv. Gil Harel,
The young man, now 23, testified that he was recently married, had difficulty sleeping and because he was unable to shower on his own, he had to enlist the help of his new wife.
Every time he moves his hand back, a shoulder dislocation occurs and he has already had time to visit the emergency room or the medical center near his home five times in order to have his shoulder put back in place.
He claims that every time he turns his hand back, a shoulder dislocation occurs.
During one of the medical tests he was asked to move his hand to the nape of his neck and dislocated his shoulder.
A medical committee on behalf of the Ministry of Defense determined that he suffers from a 36 percent disability and therefore he will be entitled to a permanent allowance and additional rights to which he is entitled as an IDF disabled person.
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