353NMedical expenses

353N  Medical expenses  (1) The Commonwealth may, subject to this section, pay to an applicant for a review an amount to cover the medical expenses incurred by the applicant in respect of relevant documentary medical evidence submitted to the Board for the purposes of the review.  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any relevant documentary medical evidence obtained before the day on which a copy or notice of the original determination that is subject to review was served on the applicant.  (3) The applicant is not to be paid:  (a) if the applicant has submitted to the Board for the purposes of the review relevant documentary medical evidence relating to only one medical condition—more than the prescribed amount for medical expenses; or  (b) if the applicant has submitted to the Board for the purposes of the review relevant documentary medical evidence relating to more than one medical condition—more than the prescribed amount for the medical expenses incurred in respect of the evidence relating to any one of those conditions.  (4) An amount is not payable in respect of medical expenses unless:  (a) the person who has incurred the expenses; or  (b) any person approved by that person or by the Commission; applies in writing to the Commission for payment under subsection (5).  (5) The application for payment must:  (a) be in accordance with a form approved by the Commission; and  (b) be made within 3 months after the relevant documentary medical evidence was submitted to the Board; and  (c) be lodged at a place approved by the Commission under subsection 323(2).  (6) An application for payment lodged at a place approved by the Commission under subsection 323(2) is taken to have been made on a day determined under that subsection.