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Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
5DInjury/disease definitions
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#### 5D Injury/disease definitions
(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
> blinded in an eye has the meaning given by subsection (3).
> disease means:
(a) any physical or mental ailment, disorder, defect or morbid condition (whether of sudden onset or gradual development); or
(b) the recurrence of such an ailment, disorder, defect or morbid condition;
but does not include:
(c) the aggravation of such an ailment, disorder, defect or morbid condition; or
(d) a temporary departure from:
(i) the normal physiological state; or
(ii) the accepted ranges of physiological or biochemical measures;
that results from normal physiological stress (for example, the effect of exercise on blood pressure) or the temporary effect of extraneous agents (for example, alcohol on blood cholesterol levels).
> incapacity from a defence‑caused injury or incapacity from a defence‑caused disease has the meaning given by subsection (2).
> incapacity from a war‑caused injury or incapacity from a war‑caused disease has the meaning given by subsection (2).
> injury means any physical or mental injury (including the recurrence of a physical or mental injury) but does not include:
(a) a disease; or
(b) the aggravation of a physical or mental injury.
War‑caused injury; war‑caused disease; defence‑caused injury; defence‑caused disease
(2) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
(a) a reference to the incapacity of a veteran from a war‑caused injury or a war‑caused disease; or
(b) a reference to the incapacity of a person who is a member of the Forces, or a member of a Peacekeeping Force (as defined by subsection 68(1)), from a defence‑caused injury or a defence‑caused disease;
is a reference to the effects of that injury or disease and not a reference to the injury or disease itself.
> Note: For war‑caused injury and war‑caused disease see section 9.
Blinded in an eye
(3) For the purposes of this Act, a person is taken to have been blinded in an eye if:
(a) the person has lost the eye; or
(b) in the opinion of the Commission, the eyesight of the person in that eye is so defective that the person has no useful sight in that eye.