Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00151:reg:0:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00151
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 0 (pt 7/12)
Character Range: 425179–428312

the use of deodorants or the application of normal oral hygiene;
          deficits of the visual field which may cause the veteran to lurch into people through not seeing them;
          painful conditions which may cause the veteran to cry out involuntarily (for example, in response to a sudden pain in a joint); and
          severe pruritic conditions which cause the veteran to scratch even though normal behaviour in a public place would recommend restraint.
"ordinary public places" includes suburban streets, shopping centres, public transport, theatres, clubs and many sporting venues, but does not include places where a great part of the skin is customarily bared such as swimming pools and beaches.
"avoidance" means the veteran feeling obliged as a result of embarrassment to restrict his or her use of public places to hours when few people are about, or to avoid totally use of public places at certain times, for example, when school children are likely to be about.
Functional Loss Table 17.1
DISFIGUREMENT
Impairment Ratings          Criteria
NIL                            A visible condition that the veteran does not consider to be disfiguring.
                             A noticeable condition that is not significantly disfiguring and which causes negligible or slight embarrassment such as some acne scars on face, or minor limps, or a slight stoop.
TWO                            A noticeable condition. For example, severe acne scars, a unilateral squint, an intermittent stutter or stammer.
                             A noticeable condition which causes significant embarrassment and may cause avoidance of some normal activities. For example, an ungainly gait, a gross stoop, a persistent stutter or stammer, or an unsightly skin disorder.
FIVE                        A very noticeable condition which causes marked em­barrassment to some people in ordinary social contacts and causes avoidance of some normal activities. For example, a severe skin disorder of the face and/or hands, or a gross and persistent stutter or stammer.
TEN                            A very noticeable condition which causes marked embarrassment and results in the avoidance of many normal activities. For example, moderate facial disfigurement.
                             A severe and marked condition which causes embarrassment and causes much avoidance of many public places and social intercourse. For example, severe facial disfigurement.
FIFTEEN                     A particularly severe and marked condition which causes extreme embarrassment and results in avoidance of public places and social intercourse to as great a degree as possible. For example, very severe facial disfigurement.
                            Only one rating is to be selected from this table for any condition or group of conditions which contribute to disfigurement.

No age adjustment permitted for this table

Both the objective and subjective components of a disfiguring condition are to be taken into account when applying Table 17.1. The objective component is the actual physical and/or temporal extent of the disfiguring