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(No. 27 of 2019).
     3               Authority
This instrument is made under subsection 196B(2) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.
     5               Application
This instrument applies to a claim to which section 120A of the VEA or section 338 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 applies.
     6               Definitions
The terms defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary have the meaning given when used in this instrument.
     7               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about pilonidal sinus and death from pilonidal sinus.
Meaning of pilonidal sinus
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, pilonidal sinus:
(a)          means an inflammatory tissue reaction of the skin to an embedded hair which is manifested by the development of a sinus or fistula; and
(b)          includes pilonidal cyst and pilonidal fistula; and
(c)          excludes ingrown hair.
            Note:  Pilonidal sinus principally occurs in the sacrococcygeal region, but can also occur in the interdigital webs of the hands and in other regions of the body.
(3)          While pilonidal sinus attracts ICD‑10‑AM code L05, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of pilonidal sinus is that given in subsection (2).
(4)          For subsection (3), a reference to an ICD-10-AM code is a reference to the code assigned to a particular kind of injury or disease in The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM), Tenth Edition, effective date of 1 July 2017, copyrighted by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, ISBN 978-1-76007-296-4.
Death from pilonidal sinus
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, pilonidal sinus, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's pilonidal sinus.
            Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
     8               Basis for determining the factors
The Repatriation Medical Authority is of the view that there is sound medical‑scientific evidence that indicates that pilonidal sinus and death from pilonidal sinus can be related to relevant service rendered by veterans, members of Peacekeeping Forces, or members of the Forces under the VEA, or members under the MRCA.
Note: MRCA, relevant service and VEA are defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
     9               Factors that must exist
At least one of the following factors must as a minimum exist before it can be said that a reasonable hypothesis has been raised connecting pilonidal sinus or death from pilonidal sinus with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
(1)          for pilonidal sinus of the hand or foot only:
(a)          working as a hairdresser or barber within the six months before the clinical onset of pilonidal sinus; or
(b)          having