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medical intervention involves either:
(a)          immobilisation of the shoulder by splinting, or similar external agent;
(b)          injection of corticosteroids or local anaesthetics into that shoulder; or
(c)          surgery to that shoulder.
                                     MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                                     one pack-year means the amount of tobacco consumed in smoking 20 cigarettes per day for a period of 1 year, or an equivalent amount of tobacco products.
         Note 1: An equivalent amount of tobacco products is 7,300 grams of smoking tobacco by weight, either in cigarettes, pipe tobacco or cigars, or a combination of same. For pipe tobacco, cigars or combinations of multiple tobacco types, 1 gram of tobacco is considered to be equal to one cigarette.
         Note 2: Pack-years are calculated by dividing the number of cigarettes smoked per day by 20 and multiplying this number by the number of years the person has smoked. For example, smoking 10 cigarettes per day for 10 years is equal to 5 pack-years, and smoking 40 cigarettes per day for 10 years is equal to 20 pack-years.
                                     relevant service means:
         (a)          operational service under the VEA;
         (b)          peacekeeping service under the VEA;
         (c)          hazardous service under the VEA;
         (d)          British nuclear test defence service under the VEA;
         (e)          warlike service under the MRCA; or
         (f)           non-warlike service under the MRCA.
Note: MRCA and VEA are also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                                     rotator cuff syndrome—see subsection 7(2).
                                     specified list of autoimmune diseases means:
(a)          dermatomyositis;
(b)          polymyalgia rheumatica;
(c)          polymyositis;
(d)          rheumatoid arthritis;
(e)          sicca syndrome;
(f)           Sjogren syndrome;
(g)          systemic lupus erythematosus; or
(h)          systemic sclerosis (scleroderma).
                                     taking a glucocorticoid drug as specified means:
(a)          taking prednisolone, in the combinations of mode of administration, dose, duration of treatment and proximity to the clinical onset or worsening of rotator cuff syndrome, as specified in Table 1 below; or
(b)          taking a glucocorticoid drug other than prednisolone, as specified in Table 1, and in doses having an efficacy equivalent to prednisolone, that being calculated for the drugs listed in accordance with Table 2 below.
         Table 1
Drug                 Mode           Dose                       Minimum duration of treatment  Proximity to clinical onset or worsening
Prednisolone         IV, IM, O      ≥ 0.5 grams over 6 months  6 months                       within the 3 years
≥ 3 grams            NS             within the 5 years
≥ 10 grams           NS             NS
Injection in tendon  ≥ 1 injection  NS                         within the 2 weeks
region

Abbreviations: IV = intravenous; IM = intramuscular;
O = oral; NS = not specified.
         Table 2
 Glucocorticoid drug  Dose efficacy equivalence to prednisolone
 cortisone            5
 hydrocortisone       4
 prednisolone         1
 prednisone           1
 methylprednisolone   0.8
 triamcinolone        0.8
 paramethasone        0.4
 dexamethasone        0.15
 betamethasone        0.12

                                     terminal event means the proximate or ultimate cause of death and