{"id":"F2005B02933","name":"Amendment of Statement of Principles concerning renal artery atherosclerotic disease No. 24 of 2002","slug":"amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-renal-artery-atherosclerotic-disease-no-24-of-2002","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":33118,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005B02933-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Amendment of Statement of Principles concerning renal artery atherosclerotic disease No. 24 of 2002","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\ntitle: _\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nInstrument No.24 of 2002\n\n \n\nAmendment of Statement of Principles\n\nconcerning\n\nRENAL ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROTIC DISEASE\n\nICD CODE: 440.1\n\nVeterans’ Entitlements Act 1986   \n\n1. The Repatriation Medical Authority amends, under subsection 196B(2) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986, Instrument No.39 of 1998 by:\n\n \n\n1. in paragraph 8 deleting the definition of “diabetes mellitus”.\n\n\n \n\n2. The amendment made by this instrument applies to all matters to which Instrument No.39 of 1998 and section 120A of the Act apply.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nDated this  Ninth day of  January 2002\n\n \n\nThe Common Seal of the    )\n\nRepatriation Medical Authority   )\n\nwas affixed to this instrument  )\n\nin the presence of    )\n\nKEN DONALD\n\nCHAIRMAN\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1530},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This amendment maintains the narrow, technical scope of the original instrument. It is a targeted definitional change that does not expand the subject matter beyond the specific medical condition (renal artery atherosclerotic disease) and the administrative framework for veterans' disability claims."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument containing only 2 operative sections","Single amendment deleting one defined term ('diabetes mellitus')","Requires cross-reference to parent Instrument No.39 of 1998 to understand full context","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements"],"plain_english_summary":"This technical amendment to the medical rules removes the definition of \"diabetes mellitus\" from the 1998 Statement of Principles for renal artery atherosclerotic disease. It changes how diabetes is referenced (or whether it is treated as a specific factor) in determining service connection for this kidney artery condition. The change affects veterans claiming this disease and the Department of Veterans' Affairs decision-makers and applies to current and future claims."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-renal-artery-atherosclerotic-disease-no-24-of-2002","history":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-renal-artery-atherosclerotic-disease-no-24-of-2002/history","analysis":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-renal-artery-atherosclerotic-disease-no-24-of-2002/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-renal-artery-atherosclerotic-disease-no-24-of-2002/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-renal-artery-atherosclerotic-disease-no-24-of-2002/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-renal-artery-atherosclerotic-disease-no-24-of-2002/documents"}}