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Amendment of Statement of Principles concerning angle-closure glaucoma No. 26 of 2006

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This instrument narrows what counts as "significant trauma to the affected eye" for veterans and defence personnel claiming service-related angle‑closure glaucoma, tightening the link needed for compensation.

Now an qualifying eye injury must be penetrating, blunt, chemical or radiation trauma and must cause intraocular inflammation, intraocular bleeding, or other disruption of internal eye tissue; the change applies to all current and future claims.

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Amendment of Statement of Principles concerning angle-closure glaucoma No. 26 of 2006

Amendment of Statement of Principles

concerning

ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA

No. 26 of 2006

for the purposes of the

Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

and

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

(a) The Repatriation Medical Authority amends, under subsection 196B(3) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986, Instrument No. 16 of 1999, by:

in clause 8, deleting the definition of “significant trauma to the affected eye” and inserting in its place the following definition:

“‘significant trauma to the affected eye’ means penetrating, blunt, chemical or radiation injury involving the affected eye that results in intraocular inflammation, intraocular bleeding or other intraocular tissue disruption;”

The amendment made by this instrument applies to all matters to which Instrument No. 16 of 1999, section 120B of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 and section 339 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 apply.
The amendment made by this instrument takes effect from 10 May 2006.

Dated this twenty-sixth day of April 2006

The Common Seal of the )

Repatriation Medical Authority )

was affixed to this instrument )

in the presence of )

KEN DONALD

CHAIRPERSON

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