7Extended Eligibility for Treatment under the Veterans’ Home Care Program

7 Extended Eligibility for Treatment under the Veterans’ Home Care Program

(1) A person included in a class of person in Part A is eligible to be provided with the kind of treatment specified in Part B.

Part A – Class of Person

A person eligible for home care treatment for an injury or disease under the Veterans’ Home Care Program or the MRCA Home Care Program (primary treatment).

Part B – Kind of Treatment

home care treatment under the Veterans’ Home Care Program (secondary treatment) for:

(a) any condition of the person that is not a service condition; and

(b) any condition of the person that is not an injury or disease;

on the basis that the secondary treatment is provided as part of, and on the same terms as, the primary treatment.

Note (1): this provision enables home care treatment under the Veterans’ Home Care Program to be applied whole-of-person. Accordingly if a veteran or former member is only eligible for treatment under the Veterans’ Home Care Program or the MRCA Home Care Program, as the case may, for a service condition, this instrument enables the treatment to be provided for any other condition, including a non-service condition, or a condition that is not an injury or disease e.g. a condition due to the effects of ageing.

Note (2): similarly, a dependant of a veteran, member or of a former member, being a dependant eligible for treatment for any injury or disease under the Veterans’ Home Care Program or the MRCA Home Care Program, is eligible under this instrument for the application of home care treatment to a condition of the dependant that is not an injury or disease e.g. a condition due to the effects of ageing