That is my understanding. I'm looking at the system and it seems rather abysmal for anybody who's facing that. Again, my fear is that, say, my injuries compound to the point where I can no longer work. If I was working for a period, can I go back on ELB? How's that going to affect me in the future? Again, not everybody's in the same shape as I am.
The other problem is the disability award is based on the magic two-limb number. So if you're missing two limbs, that's the maximum amount you can get. For example, I have a friend in the forces. He's missing an arm and two legs and his settlement was roughly equivalent to mine, although his injuries are substantially different than mine and he's going to require a lot more care and stuff like that. So I worry about people who have some really bad injuries that are going to be really difficult to overcome, both physically and mentally.