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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.
                                     retinal vascular occlusion—see subsection 7(2).
                                     retinal vasculitis means inflammation of the retinal artery or its branches, or the retinal vein or its tributaries.  Retinal vasculitis can be due to autoimmune disease, infection, drugs, or may be idiopathic.  It can be confined to the retinal vessels, or may be an element of a systemic vasculitis.
      Note 1: Autoimmune diseases that can cause retinal vasculitis include:
             (a)             Behcet disease;
             (b)            eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA);
             (c)             granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener granulomatosis);
             (d)            microscopic polyangiitis;
             (e)             polyarteritis nodosa;
             (f)             Susac syndrome;
             (g)            systemic lupus erythematosus; and
             (h)            systemic sclerosis (scleroderma).
      Note 2: Infections that can cause retinal vasculitis include:
             (a)             cytomegalovirus;
             (b)            herpes simplex virus;
             (c)             human immunodeficiency virus;
             (d)            syphilis;
             (e)             toxoplasmosis;
             (f)             tuberculosis;
             (g)            varicella zoster virus; and
             (h)            viral uveitis.
         Note 3: Drug-induced causes of retinal vasculitis include intravitreal vancomycin and intraocular gentamycin.
                                     specified list of drugs means:
         (a)           amphetamines and amphetamine-like compounds;
         (b)           cannabis;
         (c)          intranasal cocaine;
         (d)           intravenous heroin contaminated with talc;
         (e)           phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitors;
         (f)            testosterone supplementation; or
         (g)           tranexamic acid.
                                     specified list of systemic arteritides means:
         (a)          giant cell (temporal) arteritis;
         (b)          polyarteritis nodosa;
         (c)          Takayasu arteritis; or
         (d)          thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease).
                                     specified list of vasculopathies means:
         (a)          fibromuscular dysplasia;
         (b)          Moyamoya disease; or
         (c)          Sneddon syndrome.
                                     terminal event means the proximate or ultimate cause of death and includes the following:
         (a)           pneumonia;
         (b)           respiratory failure;
         (c)           cardiac arrest;
         (d)           circulatory failure; or
         (e)           cessation of brain function.
                                     VEA means the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.

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