Commonwealth legislation

Statement of Principles concerning porphyria cutanea tarda No. 19 of 2001

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

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This Statement of Principles sets how to decide whether a veteran’s porphyria cutanea tarda is connected to military service for compensation. It matters to veterans seeking service connection because it defines a chain-of-causation approach—importing other conditions’ principles when those caused the porphyria—and specifies medical triggers such as alcohol abuse or dependence, confirmed HIV infection, and certain prescription drugs.

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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.

Other definitions

For the purposes of this Statement of Principles:

“alcohol abuse” means the presence of cognitive, behavioural or physiological symptoms indicating the use of alcohol despite significant alcohol-related problems, however these symptoms have never met the criteria for alcohol dependence. Additionally, signs of tolerance or withdrawal are absent;

“alcohol dependence” means the presence of a constellation of cognitive, behavioural and physiological symptoms indicating the continuing or past consumption of alcohol despite significant alcohol-related problems. The pattern of repeated self administration may result in tolerance, withdrawal and compulsive alcohol use behaviour;

“being infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)” means serological evidence of infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus;

“being treated with a drug or class of drugs from the specified list” means therapeutic administration of one of the following drugs or class of drugs:

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Inclusion of Statements of Principles Inclusion of Statements of Principles

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.

Other definitions

For the purposes of this Statement of Principles:

“being infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)” means serological evidence of infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus;

“being treated with a drug or class of drugs from the specified list” means therapeutic administration of one of the following drugs or class of drugs: