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setting out:
    "(a)   criteria by reference to which the extent of the incapacity of a veteran resulting
       from war-caused injury or war-caused disease, or both, shall be assessed; and

       (b) methods by which the extent of that incapacity, as assessed in accordance with those criteria,  shall be expressed as a percentage of incapacity from that injury or disease, or both, being a percentage not exceeding one hundred per centum."

    Subsection 22(4) of the Act sets out the criteria in accordance with this Guide that must be met in order to qualify for the extreme disablement adjustment.

    Definitions

    For the purposes of this Guide, and unless a contrary intention appears:

       "Act" means the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 as amended from time to time;

"accepted condition" means an injury or disease that has been determined under the Act to be war-caused or defence-caused;

    "add" means find the arithmetic sum of two or more numbers; "clinical features" includes signs and symptoms;
"combine" means produce a result by combining two or more numbers by applying Table 18.1 (Combined Values Chart) in Chapter 18 in accordance with that chapter;

    "condition" means an injury or a disease;

    "defence-caused injury" and "defence-caused disease" have the meaning given in section 70 of the Act;

    "disease" has the meaning given by section 5D of the Act;

    "Guide" means this Guide to the Assessment of Rates of Veterans' Pensions;

    "impairment rating" means a measure of the degree of medical impairment due to accepted conditions, on a scale of 0 to 100;

    "incapacity" has the meaning given in subsection 5D(2) of the Act; "injury" has the meaning given by section 5D of the Act;
"non-accepted condition" means an injury or disease that:
+ has not been determined under the Act to be war-caused or defence-caused;
      or
+ has been determined under the Act not to be war-caused or defence-caused;

    "Statement of Principles" means:
+ a Statement of Principles determined by the Repatriation Medical Authority under section 196B of the Act; or
+ a determination made by the Repatriation Commission under section 180A
      of the Act; or
+ a statement of principles concerning a particular kind of injury or disease made available  to the Veterans' Review Board by the Repatriation Commission under paragraph 138(2)(a) of the Act;

    "veteran" means a person (including a deceased person) in respect of whom an injury or disease has been determined under the Act to be war-caused or defence-caused;

    "war-caused injury" and "war-caused disease" have the meaning given in section 9 of the Act;

    "worksheet" means a page or pages of this Guide, identified as a "worksheet",
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       that gives a structure by which certain calculations may be set out to assist in determining an impairment rating.