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Amendment of Statement of Principles concerning malignant neoplasm of the lip epithelium No. 49 of 2001

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The short version: Someone copied and pasted the wrong disease name into a veterans' compensation rule, and this fixes it.

The details: This amendment corrects Instrument No. 41 of 2001—a 'Statement of Principles' that determines when lip cancer counts as a service-related injury for veterans. The original drafters accidentally left references to 'acquired cataract' (an eye condition) in five technical definitions that should have referred to 'malignant neoplasm of the lip epithelium' (lip cancer).

Why it matters: These definitions are used in formulas calculating lifetime UV radiation exposure—a key factor in deciding if a veteran's lip cancer is compensable. The amendment ensures the maths works for the right body part.

Affected terms: The correction applies to definitions including 'total lifetime UV damage factor', 'non-service UV damage factor', and statistical variables like '[MED cum (a,T)]' and 'PAE'.

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Amendment of Statement of Principles concerning malignant neoplasm of the lip epithelium No. 49 of 2001

Instrument No.49 of 2001

Amendment of Statement of Principles

concerning

MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF THE LIP EPITHELIUM

ICD-10-AM CODES: C00.0, C00.1, C00.2, C00.6.

Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

The Repatriation Medical Authority amends, under subsection 196B(2) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 Instrument No.41 of 2001 by:
in clause 8, omitting the words “acquired cataract” wherever they appear in each of the definitions of “total lifetime UV damage factor”, “non-service UV damage factor”, “[MED cum (a,T)]”, “PAE” and “T” and inserting in their place the words “malignant neoplasm of the lip epithelium”.
The amendments made by this instrument apply to all matters to which Instrument No.41 of 2001 and section 120A of the Act apply.

Dated this Seventeenth day of July 2001

The Common Seal of the )

Repatriation Medical Authority )

was affixed to this instrument )

in the presence of )

KEN DONALD

CHAIRMAN

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