{"id":"F2005B03742","name":"Amendment of Statement of Principles concerning trigeminal neuropathy No. 11 of 2002","slug":"amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-trigeminal-neuropathy-no-11-of-2002","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":33262,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005B03742-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Amendment of Statement of Principles concerning trigeminal neuropathy No. 11 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.11 of 2002\n\n \n\nAmendment of Statement of Principles\n\nconcerning\n\nTRIGEMINAL NEUROPATHY\n\nICD CODE: 350.8\n\n \n\nVeterans’ Entitlements Act 1986   \n\n1. The Repatriation Medical Authority amends, under subsection 196B(2) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986, Instrument No.81 of 1995 by:\n\n\n \n\n1. in paragraph 4 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.81 of 1995 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":1430},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The amendment remains strictly within the original scope of the 1995 Statement of Principles concerning trigeminal neuropathy. It simply removes a definitional provision without expanding the substantive criteria for determining service connection or altering the instrument's original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single amendment deleting one definition only","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Only one cross-reference (to the parent Instrument No. 81 of 1995)","Document contains fewer than 150 words"],"plain_english_summary":"This document amends the rules that determine whether Australian veterans can receive compensation for **trigeminal neuropathy** (nerve damage causing facial pain or numbness).\n\nSpecifically, it **removes the technical definition of 'diabetes mellitus'** (a form of diabetes) from the 1995 Statement of Principles.\n\n**What this means:**\n- The term 'diabetes mellitus' will no longer have a special legal definition when assessing claims for this nerve condition\n- Veterans and decision-makers will rely on the ordinary medical meaning of the term, or definitions from other instruments, rather than the specific technical definition previously set out in paragraph 4\n- This applies to all existing and future claims relating to trigeminal neuropathy under the Veterans' Entitlements Act"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-trigeminal-neuropathy-no-11-of-2002","history":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-trigeminal-neuropathy-no-11-of-2002/history","analysis":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-trigeminal-neuropathy-no-11-of-2002/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-trigeminal-neuropathy-no-11-of-2002/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-trigeminal-neuropathy-no-11-of-2002/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/amendment-of-statement-of-principles-concerning-trigeminal-neuropathy-no-11-of-2002/documents"}}