Before the implementation of the new Veterans Charter, they would have received a disability pension if they had a service-related disability. The amount that would have been payable would have been based on their level of disability and any treatment associated with that, and if the disability was minor, it might not be a significant amount. There would be no capacity to provide any kind of an earnings loss stream and no capacity to focus on what kinds of interventions might be required from a rehabilitation perspective to allow them to reintegrate themselves and their families back into civilian life.
For those releasing on a voluntary basis, there was no capacity to have a national approach to finding them jobs that matched the skills they had.