A former soldier who said his life has been made "hell" by the Q fever he contracted while serving in Afghanistan, has lost the latest round of a compensation battle with the Ministry of Defence (MOD).
Wayne Bass, 35, fell ill while serving with the 2nd Battalion the Mercian Regiment in Helmand Province in 2011, and continues to suffer with a debilitating fatigue syndrome.
He sued the MOD for damages, claiming it failed to protect him from contracting the bacterial infection by not giving him antibiotics as a precaution to prevent illness.
After Judge Heather Baucher
ruled against Mr Bass in March, concluding that the MOD had not breached its duty of care to him.
Mr Bass took his case to the High Court in London in December in a bid to overturn the ruling.
However, Mr Justice Martin Spencer today dismissed the appeal.
The judge said the MOD was entitled to take a "cautious approach" and wait for more evidence about the use and effectiveness of preventative antibiotics in relation to Q fever, before taking the "radical step" of changing medication for 20,000 troops each year.