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Statement of Principles concerning diabetes mellitus No. 10 of 2008

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This instrument narrows when diabetes mellitus is treated as service-related by removing rubella and Coxsackie B viruses as accepted medical causes for compensation. Veterans and former ADF members claiming under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 or the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004, and the assessors who decide claims, will no longer be able to rely on those infections to link diabetes to service.

The change reflects the Repatriation Medical Authority’s view that the scientific evidence no longer supports automatic recognition.

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Statement of Principles concerning diabetes mellitus No. 10 of 2008

Amendment Statement of Principles

concerning

DIABETES MELLITUS

No. 10 of 2008

for the purposes of the

Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

and

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

This Instrument may be cited as Statement of Principles concerning diabetes mellitus No. 10 of 2008.
The Repatriation Medical Authority amends, under subsection 196B(8) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986, Statement of Principles concerning diabetes mellitus Instrument No. 12 of 2004 by:

(A) deleting factors (a) and (u) in clause 5 concerning 'rubella virus or Coxsackie B virus'; and

(B) deleting the definitions of "rubella virus" and "Coxsackie B virus" in clause 8.

The amendment made by this instrument applies to all matters to which Instrument No. 12 of 2004, 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 9 January 2008.

Dated this twentieth day of December 2007

The Common Seal of the )

Repatriation Medical Authority )

was affixed to this instrument )

in the presence of )

KEN DONALD

CHAIRPERSON

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