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Amendment of Statement of Principles concerning acquired cataract No. 33 of 2002

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This is a minor technical amendment to the medical rulebook used to decide if veterans with acquired cataract (clouding of the eye lens) can get disability benefits.

What it does:

Deletes the definition of "diabetes mellitus" from the Statement of Principles concerning Acquired Cataract (the medical guidelines created under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986)
The Repatriation Medical Authority will now use standard medical definitions of diabetes when assessing claims, rather than a specific legally-prescribed definition
Applies to all veteran compensation claims involving cataracts

Why it matters: Statements of Principles determine whether a health condition is "service-related" (meaning the military caused or worsened it). By removing this definition, the Authority is streamlining how they assess whether diabetes contributed to a veteran's eye condition—likely making the process more flexible and aligned with current medical understanding.

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Instrument No.33 of 2002

Amendment of Statement of Principles

concerning

ACQUIRED CATARACT

ICD-10-AM CODES: H25, H26, H28.1, H28.2

Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

1. The Repatriation Medical Authority amends, under subsection 196B(3) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986, Instrument No.38 of 2001 by:

in paragraph 8 deleting the definition of “diabetes mellitus”.

2. The amendment made by this instrument applies to all matters to which Instrument No.38 of 2001 and section 120B of the Act apply.

Dated this Ninth day of January 2002

The Common Seal of the )

Repatriation Medical Authority )

was affixed to this instrument )

in the presence of )

KEN DONALD

CHAIRMAN

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