Yes, or as was mentioned earlier, perhaps it would be a dependant. I'm dealing with a case right now. This lady is the widow of a career veteran who died of cancer two years ago. When he died of cancer, they didn't have this study, and his pension was turned down. We're fighting this battle again now, in light of the new policy. I don't know how lucky we'll be, but this is one of the cases where even a dependant, a widow, should be able to avail herself or--as in many cases now, of course, with so many ladies in the service--himself of the services of the ombudsman.
On October 30th, 2006. See this statement in context.