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Statement of Principles
concerning
GANGLION
(Reasonable Hypothesis)
(No. 7 of 2025)
The Repatriation Medical Authority determines the following Statement of Principles under subsection 196B(2) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.

Dated    17 December 2024.

Professor Terence Campbell AM
Chairperson
by and on behalf of
The Repatriation Medical Authority

Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Repeal
5 Application
6 Definitions
7 Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
8 Basis for determining the factors
9 Factors that must exist
10 Relationship to service
11 Factors referring to an injury or disease covered by another Statement of Principles
Schedule 1 - Dictionary
1 Definitions

 1.                Name
This is the Statement of Principles concerning ganglion (Reasonable Hypothesis) (No. 7 of 2025).
 1.                Commencement
              This instrument commences on 28 January 2025.
 1.                Authority
This instrument is made under subsection 196B(2) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.
 1.                Repeal
The Statement of Principles concerning ganglion (Reasonable Hypothesis) (No. 71 of 2016) (Federal Register of Legislation No. F2016L01356) made under subsections 196B(2) and (8) of the VEA is repealed.
 1.                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.
 1.                Definitions
The terms defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary have the meaning given when used in this instrument.
 1.                Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
         1.           This Statement of Principles is about ganglion and death from ganglion.
Meaning of ganglion
 1.           For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, ganglion:
         1.           means a benign, cystic lesion overlying a joint or tendon, consisting of a thin fibrous capsule with no epithelial lining enclosing clear mucinous fluid, which may be accompanied by pain, weakness and loss of function; and
         2.           excludes:
                 1.             cyst of bursa;
                 2.          epidermoid cyst;
                 3.        ganglion in yaws;
                 4.         synovial cyst; and
                 5.           Tarlov cyst.
Note: Ganglion cysts occur most commonly in the wrist, hand, or foot, but can also form in the elbow, shoulder, hip, knee, ankle, or spine.
 1.           While ganglion attracts ICD‑10‑AM code M67.4, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of ganglion is that given in subsection (2).
 2.           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 ganglion
 1.           For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, ganglion, in relation to a person, includes death