Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00926:front:0:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00926
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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 conjunctivitis and death from conjunctivitis.
Meaning of conjunctivitis
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, conjunctivitis means inflammation of the conjunctiva and includes blepharoconjunctivitis and keratoconjunctivitis.
(3)          While conjunctivitis attracts ICD‑10‑AM code H10, H13.1, H13.2 or H16.2, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of conjunctivitis 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 conjunctivitis
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, conjunctivitis, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's conjunctivitis.
            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 conjunctivitis and death from conjunctivitis 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 conjunctivitis or death from conjunctivitis with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
(1)          having blepharitis of the affected eye at the time of the clinical onset of conjunctivitis;
(2)          having an infection of the conjunctiva of the affected eye at the time of the clinical onset of conjunctivitis;
            Note: infection of the conjunctiva is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(3)          having a condition of the affected eye from the specified list of conditions at the time of the clinical onset of conjunctivitis;
            Note: specified list of conditions is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(4)          having a condition that causes chronic lack of sufficient lubrication and moisture on