Impairment Rating Apportioned in Ratio 3:1 Impairment Rating Apportioned in Ratio 3:1
1 1 & 0 46 38 & 13
2 2 & 0 47 39 & 13
3 2 & 1 48 40 & 13
4 3 & 1 49 41 & 14
5 4 & 1 50 42 & 14
6 4 & 2 51 43 & 14
7 5 & 2 52 44 & 15
8 6 & 2 53 45 & 15
9 7 & 2 54 46 & 15
10 7 & 3 55 47 & 16
11 8 & 3 56 48 & 16
12 9 & 3 57 49 & 16
13 10 & 3 58 49 & 17
14 10 & 4 59 51 & 17
15 11 & 4 60 52 & 17
16 12 & 4 61 53 & 18
17 13 & 5 62 54 & 18
18 14 & 5 63 55 & 18
19 15 & 5 64 56 & 19
20 16 & 5 65 57 & 19
21 16 & 6 66 58 & 19
22 17 & 6 67 59 & 20
23 18 & 6 68 60 & 20
24 19 & 6 69 61 & 20
25 19 & 7 70 62 & 21
26 20 & 7 71 63 & 21
27 21 & 7 72 64 & 21
28 22 & 8 73 66 & 22
29 23 & 8 74 67 & 22
30 24 & 8 75 68 & 23
31 25 & 8 76 69 & 23
32 25 & 9 77 70 & 23
33 26 & 9 78 71 & 24
34 27 & 9 79 72 & 24
35 28 & 10 80 73 & 25
36 29 & 10 81 75 & 25
37 30 & 10 82 76 & 25
38 31 & 10 83 77 & 26
39 32 & 11 84 78 & 26
40 33 & 11 85 80 & 27
41 34 & 11 86 81 & 27
42 34 & 12 87 82 & 27
43 35 & 12 88 84 & 28
44 36 & 12 89 85 & 28
45 37 & 12 90 86 & 29
No age adjustment permitted for this table
Table 20.6 Combined male and female symbol
APPORTIONMENT
Impairment Rating Apportioned in Ratio 4:1 Impairment Rating Apportioned in Ratio 4:1
1 1 & 0 46 40 & 10
2 2 & 0 47 41 & 10
3 2 & 1 48 42 & 11
4 3 & 1 49 43 & 11
5 4 & 1 50 44 & 11
6 5 & 1 51 45 & 11
7 6 & 1 52 46 & 12
8 6 & 2 53 47 & 12
9 7 & 2 54 48 & 12
10 8 & 2 55 49 & 12
11 9 & 2 56 50 & 12
12 10 & 2 57 51 & 13
13 10 & 3 58 52 & 13
14 11 & 3 59 53 & 13
15 12 & 3 60 54 & 14
16 13 & 3 61 55 & 14
17 14 & 4 62 56 & 14
18 15 & 4 63 57 & 14
19 16 & 4 64 58 & 15
20 17 & 4 65 59 & 15
21 18 & 4 66 60 & 15
22 18 & 5 67 61 & 15
23 19 & 5 68 62 & 16
24 20 & 5 69 63 & 16
25 21 & 5 70 64 & 16
26 22 & 5 71 65 & 16
27 22 & 6 72 66 & 17
28 23 & 6 73 68 & 17
29 24 & 6 74 69 & 17
30 25 & 6 75 70 & 18
31 26 & 7 76 71 & 18
32 27 & 7 77 72 & 18
33 28 & 7 78 73 & 18
34 29 & 7 79 74 & 19
35 30 & 7 80 75 & 19
36 30 & 8 81 76 & 19
37 32 & 8 82 78 & 20
38 33 & 8 83 79 & 20
39 34 & 8 84 80 & 20
40 34 & 9 85 81 & 20
41 35 & 9 86 82 & 21
42 36 & 9 87 84 & 21
43 37 & 9 88 85 & 21
44 38 & 10 89 86 & 22
45 39 & 10 90 87 & 22
No age adjustment permitted for this table
Table 20.7 Combined male and female symbol
APPORTIONMENT
Impairment Rating Apportioned in Ratio 5:1 Impairment Rating Apportioned in Ratio 5:1
1 1 & 0 46 41 & 8
2 1 & 1 47 42 & 8
3 2 & 1 48 43 & 9
4 3 & 1 49 44 & 9
5 4 & 1 50 45 & 9
6 5 & 1 51 46 & 9
7 6 & 1 52 47 & 9
8 7 & 1 53 48 & 10
9 7 & 2 54 49 & 10
10 8 & 2 55 50 & 10
11 9 & 2 56 51 & 10
12 10 & 2 57 52 & 10
13 11 & 2 58 53 & 11
14 12 & 2 59 54 & 11
15 12 & 3 60 55 & 11
16 13 & 3 61 56 & 11
17 14 & 3 62 57 & 11
18 15 & 3 63 58 & 12
19 16 & 3 64 59 & 12
20 17 & 4 65 60 & 12
21 18 & 4 66 61 & 12
22 19 & 4 67 62 & 12
23 20 & 4 68 63 & 13
24 21 & 4 69 64 & 13
25 22 & 4 70 65 & 13
26 22 & 5 71 67 & 13
27 23 & 5 72 68 & 14
28 24 & 5 73 69 & 14
29 25 & 5 74 70 & 14
30 26 & 5 75 71 & 14
31 27 & 5 76 72 & 14
32 28 & 6 77 73 & 15
33 29 & 6 78 74 & 15
34 30 & 6 79 75 & 15
35 31 & 6 80 76 & 15
36 32 & 6 81 77 & 16
37 32 & 7 82 79 & 16
38 33 & 7 83 80 & 16
39 34 & 7 84 81 & 16
40 35 & 7 85 82 & 16
41 37 & 7 86 83 & 17
42 37 & 8 87 84 & 17
43 38 & 8 88 85 & 17
44 39 & 8 89 87 & 17
45 40 & 8 90 88 & 18
No age adjustment permitted for this table
Table 20.8 Combined male and female symbol
APPORTIONMENT
Impairment Rating Apportioned in Ratio 3:2 Impairment Rating Apportioned in Ratio 3:2
1 1 & 0 46 32 & 21
2 1 & 1 47 32 & 22
3 2 & 1 48 33 & 22
4 2 & 2 49 34 & 23
5 3 & 2 50 35 & 23
6 3 & 3 51 36 & 24
7 4 & 3 52 37 & 24
8 5 & 3 53 37 & 25
9 5 & 4 54 38 & 25
10 6 & 4 55 39 & 26
11 7 & 4 56 40 & 27
12 7 & 5 57 41 & 27
13 8 & 5 58 42 & 28
14 9 & 6 59 43 & 28
15 10 & 6 60 43 & 29
16 10 & 7 61 44 & 30
17 11 & 7 62 45 & 30
18 11 & 8 63 46 & 31
19 12 & 8 64 47 & 32
20 13 & 8 65 48 & 32
21 13 & 9 66 49 & 33
22 14 & 9 67 50 & 33
23 14 & 10 68 51 & 34
24 15 & 10 69 53 & 35
25 16 & 11 70 53 & 36
26 17 & 11 71 54 & 36
27 17 & 12 72 56 & 37
28 18 & 12 73 57 & 38
29 19 & 12 74 58 & 39
30 20 & 13 75 59 & 39
31 20 & 14 76 60 & 40
32 21 & 14 77 61 & 41
33 22 & 14 78 62 & 41
34 22 & 15 79 63 & 42
35 23 & 15 80 65 & 43
36 24 & 16 81 66 & 44
37 25 & 16 82 68 & 45
38 25 & 17 83 69 & 46
39 26 & 17 84 70 & 47
40 27 & 18 85 72 & 48
41 28 & 18 86 73 & 49
42 28 & 19 87 74 & 49
43 29 & 20 88 75 & 50
44 30 & 20 89 75 & 52
45 31 & 21 90 79 & 53
No age adjustment permitted for this table
Table 20.9 Combined male and female symbol
APPORTIONMENT
Impairment Rating Apportioned in Ratio 1:1:1 Impairment Rating Apportioned in Ratio 1:1:1
1 1 & 0 & 0 46 19 & 18 & 18
2 1 & 1 & 0 47 19 & 19 & 19
3 1 & 1 & 1 48 20 & 20 & 19
4 2 & 1 & 1 49 20 & 20 & 20
5 2 & 2 & 1 50 21 & 20 & 20
6 2 & 2 & 2 51 21 & 21 & 21
7 3 & 2 & 2 52 22 & 22 & 22
8 3 & 3 & 2 53 23 & 22 & 22
9 3 & 3 & 3 54 23 & 23 & 22
10 4 & 3 & 3 55 23 & 23 & 23
11 4 & 4 & 3 56 24 & 24 & 24
12 4 & 4 & 4 57 25 & 24 & 24
13 4 & 4 & 5 58 25 & 25 & 25
14 5 & 5 & 4 59 26 & 26 & 26
15 5 & 5 & 5 60 27 & 26 & 26
16 6 & 6 & 5 61 27 & 27 & 27
17 6 & 6 & 6 62 28 & 28 & 27
18 7 & 6 & 6 63 28 & 28 & 28
19 7 & 7 & 6 64 29 & 29 & 28
20 7 & 7 & 7 65 29 & 29 & 29
21 8 & 8 & 7 66 30 & 30 & 30
22 8 & 8 & 8 67 31 & 31 & 31
23 9 & 8 & 8 68 32 & 31 & 31
24 9 & 9 & 9 69 32 & 32 & 32
25 10 & 9 & 9 70 33 & 33 & 33
26 10 & 10 & 9 71 34 & 34 & 34
27 10 & 10 & 10 72 35 & 35 & 34
28 11 & 10 & 10 73 35 & 35 & 35
29 11 & 11 & 10 74 36 & 36 & 36
30 11 & 11 & 11 75 37 & 37 & 37
31 12 & 11 & 11 76 38 & 38 & 38
32 12 & 12 & 12 77 39 & 39 & 39
33 13 & 13 & 12 78 40 & 40 & 40
34 13 & 13 & 13 79 41 & 41 & 41
35 14 & 13 & 13 80 42 & 42 & 42
36 14 & 14 & 14 81 43 & 42 & 42
37 15 & 14 & 14 82 43 & 43 & 43
38 15 & 15 & 14 83 44 & 44 & 44
39 15 & 15 & 15 84 45 & 45 & 45
40 16 & 16 & 16 85 47 & 47 & 47
41 17 & 16 & 16 86 48 & 48 & 48
42 17 & 17 & 16 87 49 & 49 & 49
43 17 & 17 & 17 88 50 & 50 & 50
44 18 & 17 & 17 89 52 & 52 & 52
45 18 & 18 & 18 90 53 & 53 & 53
No age adjustment permitted for this table
Table 20.10 Combined male and female symbol
APPORTIONMENT
Impairment Rating Apportioned in Ratio 2:1:1 Impairment Rating Apportioned in Ratio 2:1:1
1 1 & 0 & 0 46 28 & 14 & 14
2 1 & 1 & 0 47 28 & 14 & 14
3 1 & 1 & 1 48 29 & 14 & 14
4 2 & 1 & 1 49 29 & 15 & 15
5 3 & 1 & 1 50 30 & 15 & 15
6 3 & 2 & 1 51 31 & 16 & 16
7 3 & 2 & 2 52 32 & 16 & 16
8 4 & 2 & 2 53 33 & 16 & 16
9 5 & 2 & 2 54 34 & 17 & 17
10 5 & 3 & 2 55 35 & 17 & 17
11 5 & 3 & 3 56 35 & 18 & 17
12 6 & 3 & 3 57 36 & 18 & 18
13 7 & 3 & 3 58 37 & 19 & 18
14 7 & 4 & 3 59 37 & 19 & 19
15 7 & 4 & 4 60 38 & 19 & 19
16 8 & 4 & 4 61 39 & 20 & 20
17 9 & 5 & 4 62 40 & 20 & 20
18 9 & 5 & 5 63 41 & 21 & 21
19 10 & 5 & 5 64 42 & 21 & 21
20 11 & 6 & 5 65 43 & 22 & 21
21 11 & 6 & 6 66 44 & 22 & 22
22 12 & 6 & 6 67 45 & 23 & 22
23 13 & 6 & 6 68 46 & 23 & 23
24 13 & 7 & 6 69 47 & 24 & 23
25 13 & 7 & 7 70 48 & 24 & 24
26 14 & 7 & 7 71 49 & 25 & 24
27 15 & 7 & 7 72 50 & 25 & 25
28 15 & 8 & 8 73 52 & 26 & 26
29 16 & 8 & 8 74 53 & 26 & 26
30 17 & 8 & 8 75 54 & 27 & 27
31 17 & 9 & 9 76 55 & 27 & 27
32 18 & 9 & 9 77 56 & 28 & 28
33 19 & 9 & 9 78 57 & 29 & 29
34 19 & 10 & 10 79 58 & 29 & 29
35 20 & 10 & 10 80 60 & 30 & 30
36 21 & 10 & 10 81 61 & 31 & 31
37 21 & 11 & 10 82 62 & 31 & 31
38 21 & 11 & 11 83 63 & 32 & 32
39 22 & 11 & 11 84 64 & 32 & 32
40 23 & 12 & 12 85 66 & 33 & 33
41 24 & 12 & 12 86 68 & 34 & 34
42 25 & 12 & 12 87 69 & 35 & 35
43 25 & 13 & 13 88 70 & 35 & 35
44 26 & 13 & 13 89 73 & 37 & 37
45 27 & 14 & 13 90 74 & 37 & 37
No age adjustment permitted for this table
Table 20.11 Combined male and female symbol
APPORTIONMENT
Impairment Rating Apportioned in Ratio 2:2:1 Impairment Rating Apportioned in Ratio 2:2:1
1 1 & 0 & 0 46 22 & 22 & 11
2 1 & 1 & 0 47 23 & 22 & 11
3 1 & 1 & 1 48 24 & 23 & 12
4 2 & 1 & 1 49 24 & 24 & 12
5 2 & 2 & 1 50 25 & 24 & 12
6 3 & 2 & 1 51 25 & 25 & 13
7 3 & 3 & 1 52 26 & 26 & 13
8 3 & 3 & 2 53 27 & 26 & 13
9 4 & 3 & 2 54 28 & 27 & 14
10 4 & 4 & 2 55 28 & 28 & 14
11 5 & 4 & 2 56 29 & 28 & 14
12 5 & 5 & 2 57 29 & 29 & 14
13 5 & 5 & 3 58 30 & 30 & 15
14 6 & 5 & 3 59 31 & 30 & 15
15 6 & 6 & 3 60 31 & 31 & 16
16 7 & 6 & 3 61 32 & 32 & 16
17 7 & 7 & 4 62 33 & 33 & 16
18 8 & 8 & 4 63 34 & 34 & 17
19 9 & 8 & 4 64 35 & 34 & 17
20 9 & 9 & 4 65 35 & 35 & 17
21 9 & 9 & 5 66 36 & 36 & 18
22 10 & 9 & 5 67 37 & 36 & 18
23 10 & 10 & 5 68 38 & 37 & 19
24 11 & 10 & 5 69 38 & 38 & 19
25 11 & 11 & 5 70 39 & 39 & 20
26 11 & 11 & 6 71 40 & 40 & 20
27 12 & 11 & 6 72 41 & 41 & 21
28 12 & 12 & 6 73 42 & 42 & 21
29 13 & 13 & 7 74 43 & 42 & 21
30 14 & 13 & 7 75 43 & 43 & 22
31 14 & 14 & 7 76 44 & 44 & 22
32 15 & 14 & 7 77 46 & 45 & 23
33 15 & 15 & 7 78 46 & 46 & 23
34 15 & 15 & 8 79 48 & 48 & 24
35 16 & 16 & 8 80 49 & 49 & 24
36 17 & 16 & 8 81 50 & 50 & 25
37 17 & 17 & 9 82 51 & 51 & 26
38 18 & 17 & 9 83 52 & 52 & 26
39 18 & 18 & 9 84 53 & 53 & 27
40 19 & 18 & 9 85 54 & 54 & 27
41 19 & 19 & 10 86 56 & 56 & 28
42 20 & 20 & 10 87 58 & 58 & 29
43 21 & 20 & 10 88 59 & 59 & 30
44 21 & 21 & 10 89 60 & 60 & 30
45 22 & 21 & 11 90 62 & 62 & 31
No age adjustment permitted for this table
Table 20.12 Combined male and female symbol
APPORTIONMENT
Impairment Rating Apportioned in Ratio 3:2:1 Impairment Rating Apportioned in Ratio 3:2:1
1 1 & 0 & 0 46 28 & 18 & 9
2 1 & 1 & 0 47 28 & 19 & 9
3 2 & 1 & 0 48 29 & 19 & 10
4 2 & 1 & 1 49 29 & 20 & 10
5 2 & 2 & 1 50 30 & 20 & 10
6 3 & 2 & 1 51 31 & 20 & 10
7 4 & 2 & 1 52 32 & 21 & 11
8 4 & 3 & 1 53 32 & 22 & 11
9 5 & 3 & 1 54 33 & 22 & 11
10 5 & 3 & 2 55 34 & 22 & 11
11 5 & 4 & 2 56 35 & 23 & 12
12 6 & 4 & 2 57 36 & 24 & 12
13 7 & 4 & 2 58 37 & 24 & 12
14 7 & 5 & 2 59 37 & 25 & 12
15 7 & 5 & 3 60 38 & 26 & 13
16 8 & 5 & 3 61 39 & 26 & 13
17 9 & 6 & 3 62 40 & 26 & 13
18 10 & 6 & 3 63 41 & 27 & 14
19 10 & 7 & 3 64 42 & 28 & 14
20 11 & 7 & 4 65 43 & 28 & 14
21 11 & 8 & 4 66 44 & 29 & 15
22 12 & 8 & 4 67 44 & 30 & 15
23 13 & 8 & 4 68 45 & 30 & 15
24 13 & 9 & 4 69 47 & 31 & 16
25 13 & 9 & 5 70 47 & 31 & 16
26 14 & 9 & 5 71 48 & 32 & 16
27 14 & 10 & 5 72 49 & 33 & 17
28 15 & 10 & 5 73 51 & 34 & 17
29 16 & 11 & 5 74 52 & 35 & 17
30 17 & 11 & 6 75 53 & 36 & 18
31 17 & 12 & 6 76 54 & 36 & 18
32 18 & 12 & 6 77 56 & 37 & 19
33 19 & 12 & 6 78 57 & 38 & 19
34 19 & 13 & 6 79 58 & 38 & 19
35 20 & 13 & 7 80 59 & 40 & 20
36 20 & 14 & 7 81 60 & 40 & 20
37 21 & 14 & 7 82 61 & 40 & 20
38 22 & 14 & 7 83 63 & 42 & 21
39 22 & 15 & 7 84 65 & 44 & 22
40 23 & 16 & 8 85 66 & 44 & 22
41 24 & 16 & 8 86 67 & 44 & 22
42 25 & 16 & 8 87 69 & 46 & 23
43 25 & 17 & 8 88 70 & 46 & 23
44 26 & 18 & 9 89 72 & 48 & 24
45 27 & 18 & 9 90 74 & 50 & 25
No age adjustment permitted for this table
Table 20.13 Combined male and female symbol
APPORTIONMENT
Impairment Rating Apportioned in Ratio 1:1:1:1 Impairment Rating Apportioned in Ratio 1:1:1:1
1 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 46 15 & 14 & 14 & 14
2 1 & 1 & 0 & 0 47 15 & 15 & 14 & 14
3 1 & 1 & 1 & 0 48 15 & 15 & 15 & 15
4 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 49 16 & 15 & 15 & 15
5 2 & 1 & 1 & 1 50 16 & 16 & 16 & 16
6 2 & 2 & 1 & 1 51 17 & 17 & 16 & 16
7 2 & 2 & 2 & 1 52 17 & 17 & 17 & 16
8 2 & 2 & 2 & 2 53 17 & 17 & 17 & 17
9 3 & 2 & 2& 2 54 18 & 17 & 17 & 17
10 3 & 3 & 2 & 2 55 18 & 18 & 18 & 18
11 3 & 3 & 3 & 2 56 19 & 18 & 18 & 18
12 3 & 3 & 3 & 3 57 19 & 19 & 19 & 19
13 4 & 3 & 3 & 3 58 20 & 20 & 19 & 19
14 4 & 4 & 3 & 3 59 20 & 20 & 20 & 20
15 4 & 4 & 4 & 3 60 21 & 20 & 20 & 20
16 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 61 21 & 21 & 21 & 21
17 5 & 5 & 4 & 4 62 22 & 22 & 22 & 21
18 5 & 5 & 5 & 4 63 22 & 22 & 22 & 22
19 5 & 5 & 5 & 5 64 23 & 23 & 22 & 22
20 6 & 6 & 5 & 5 65 23 & 23 & 23 & 23
21 6 & 6 & 6 & 5 66 24 & 24 & 24 & 23
22 6 & 6 & 6 & 6 67 24 & 24 & 24 & 24
23 7 & 6 & 6 & 6 68 25 & 25 & 25 & 24
24 7 & 7 & 6 & 6 69 25 & 25 & 25 & 25
25 7 & 7 & 7 & 6 70 26 & 26 & 26 & 26
26 7 & 7 & 7 & 7 71 27 & 27 & 26 & 26
27 8 & 8 & 8 & 7 72 27 & 27 & 27 & 27
28 8 & 8 & 8 & 8 73 28 & 28 & 28 & 28
29 9 & 8 & 8 & 8 74 29 & 29 & 28 & 28
30 9 & 9 & 9 & 8 75 29 & 29 & 29 & 29
31 9 & 9 & 9 & 9 76 30 & 30 & 30 & 30
32 10 & 9 & 9 & 9 77 31 & 31 & 31 & 31
33 10 & 10 & 9 & 9 78 32 & 31 & 31 & 31
34 10 & 10 & 10 & 10 79 32 & 32 & 32 & 32
35 11 & 10 & 10 & 10 80 33 & 33 & 33 & 33
36 11 & 11 & 10 & 10 81 34 & 34 & 34 & 34
37 11 & 11 & 11 & 10 82 35 & 35 & 35 & 35
38 11 & 11 & 11 & 11 83 36 & 36 & 36 & 36
39 12 & 11 & 11 & 11 84 37 & 37 & 37 & 37
40 12 & 12 & 12 & 12 85 38 & 38 & 38 & 38
41 13 & 13 & 12 & 12 86 39 & 39 & 39 & 39
42 13 & 13 & 13 & 12 87 40 & 40 & 40 & 40
43 13 & 13 & 13 & 13 88 41 & 41 & 41 & 41
44 14 & 14 & 14 & 13 89 43 & 42 & 42 & 42
45 14 & 14 & 14 & 14 90 43 & 43 & 43 & 43
No age adjustment permitted for this table
CHAPTER 21
PAIRED ORGANS POLICY
INTRODUCTION
The paired organs policy recognises that impairment of the function of only one of a pair of organs can place greater importance on the proper function of the other organ, impairment of which is therefore more disabling than it would otherwise have been.
The policy is to be applied only if the maximum possible impairment from the loss of both organs is more than double the maximum possible impairment from the loss of one organ; and the accepted conditions impair the function of only one organ of a pair. Thus it is applied to hearing, vision, renal function, and the function of testes, ovaries, and adrenals. It is not to be applied to limbs, since the loss of functional unity of the limbs has been allowed for in the impairment ratings of Chapter 3. Chapter 21 is not to be used for hearing loss, as the steps for applying the paired organs policy to hearing loss are contained in Chapter 7 (Ear, Nose, and Throat Impairment).
Applying the paired organs policy
Follow the steps below to calculate the degree of impairment under the paired organs policy.
STEP 1
Multiply by 2 the impairment rating for the impairment due to the accepted condition to which the paired organs policy applies.
STEP 2
Find the total impairment rating for the relevant paired organs.
STEP 3
Compare the ratings obtained in Steps 1 and 2. Take the lesser rating. This is the final impairment rating for the paired organ.
Example
A veteran has a combined monocular assessment of 20 points for an accepted condition of the left eye, and a binocular impairment rating of 35. In Step 1 the 20 points are multiplied by two to get 40 points. This is compared with the binocular impairment rating, and the lesser taken. The veteran therefore gets 35 points after application of the paired organs policy, instead of the 20 points which would have been given if the policy had not applied.
Lifestyle Effects
CHAPTER 22
LIFESTYLE EFFECTS
INTRODUCTION
This chapter is to be used to assess lifestyle effects of accepted conditions.
What is a lifestyle effect?
A lifestyle effect is a disadvantage, resulting from an accepted condition, that limits or prevents the fulfilment of a role that is normal for a veteran of the same age without the accepted condition.
Method of assessment of lifestyle effect for calculating interim impairment payments
When calculating an interim impairment payment amount under subsection 75(2) of the Act, the Commission must allocate a lifestyle rating using the following methodology:
Step (1) Obtain the lifestyle rating for all conditions previously determined;
Step (2) Work out the lifestyle rating for all conditions (including the current condition in respect of which a determination has not been made) using:
(a) the top of the shaded area for impairment points between 0 and 15; or
(b) in any other case — the bottom of the shaded area.
Step (3) Use the higher of the lifestyle ratings from steps 1 and 2 to work out the interim permanent impairment payment.
This method of assessment of lifestyle effect is not to be used when subsection 75(4) of the Act applies.
Optional methods of assessment when all conditions stabilised
There are three optional methods of assessing lifestyle effects. The veteran may choose which of these methods is to be used for his or her assessment. Except where otherwise indicated, the determining authority is to make its assessment on the basis of the last choice made by the veteran and notified to the determining authority. Where no option has been or can be chosen, the determining authority is to determine a lifestyle rating by following the procedure described under “Option 2” below.
Option 1 allows a veteran to self‑assess the effects of the accepted conditions on his or her lifestyle. The veteran must complete a Lifestyle Rating Self Assessment Form. The form covers the four key components of lifestyle (personal relationships, mobility, recreational and community activities, and employment and domestic activities) and is in accord with Tables 22.1 to 22.5.