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Statement of Principles concerning microscopic polyangiitis No. 14 of 2011

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This Statement of Principles sets the criteria for deciding whether microscopic polyangiitis — a rare autoimmune small‑vessel disease — is related to an Australian Defence Force member’s service for VEA/MRCA claims. It affects current and former ADF members and their families seeking treatment or compensation.

It clarifies service standards, links to other applicable Statements, defines death from the disease (including terminal events it contributes to), and uses ICD‑10‑AM coding to ensure consistent medical assessment.

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Inclusion of Statements of Principles

In this Statement of Principles if a relevant factor applies and that factor includes an injury or disease in respect of which there is a Statement of Principles then the factors in that last mentioned Statement of Principles apply in accordance with the terms of that Statement of Principles as in force from time to time.

Other definitions

For the purposes of this Statement of Principles:

"death from microscopic polyangiitis" in relation to a person includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person’s microscopic polyangiitis;

"ICD-10-AM code" means a number assigned to a particular kind of injury or disease in The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM), Seventh Edition, effective date of 1 July 2010, copyrighted by the National Centre for Classification in Health, Sydney, NSW, and having ISBN 978 1 74210 154 5;

"relevant service" means:

(a) eligible war service (other than operational service) under the VEA; or

(b) defence service (other than hazardous service) under the VEA; or

"terminal event" means the proximate or ultimate cause of death and includes:

(a) pneumonia;

(b) respiratory failure;

(d) circulatory failure; or

(e) cessation of brain function.

Date of effect

This Instrument takes effect from 5 January 2011.

Dated this fourteenth day of December 2010

The Common Seal of the )

Repatriation Medical Authority )

was affixed to this instrument )

in the presence of: )

KEN DONALD

CHAIRPERSON

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