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Amendment of Statement of Principles concerning gout No. 44 of 2003

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This instrument amends the Repatriation Medical Authority’s Statement of Principles for gout by replacing the old obesity definition with a clear medical threshold: a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or higher (kg/m²).

That numeric rule applies to past and future gout claims, making it easier to assess whether a veteran’s weight was a contributing risk factor for entitlement to benefits.

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Instrument No.44 of 2003

Amendment of Statement of Principles

concerning

GOUT

Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

The Repatriation Medical Authority amends, under subsection 196B(3) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act), Instrument No.12 of 2000 by:

in paragraph 8, deleting the definition of “being obese” and inserting in its place the following:

““being obese” means an increase in body weight by way of fat accumulation which results in a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or greater.

The BMI = W/H2 and where:

W is the person’s weight in kilograms and

H is the person’s height in metres;”

2. The amendment made by this instrument applies to all matters to which Instrument No.12 of 2000 and section 120B of the Act apply.

Dated this Seventh day of October 2003

The Common Seal of the )

Repatriation Medical Authority )

was affixed to this instrument )

in the presence of )

KEN DONALD

CHAIRMAN

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