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effect of a service injury or disease on a person's lifestyle can be expressed as a numerical rating; and

      (e) methods by which the impairment points of a person, and the effect on a person's lifestyle, from a service injury or disease can be used to determine the compensation payable to the person under this Part by reference to the maximum compensation that can be payable to a person under this Part.

In addition the Guide, in accordance with subsection 67(2) of the Act

      (a) specifies different methods under paragraph (1)(e) for:

         (i) service injuries or diseases that relate to warlike service or non‑warlike service; and

         (ii) other service injuries or diseases; and

         (b) specifies a method for determining the compensation payable to a person who has both:

            (i) a service injury or disease that relates to warlike service or non‑warlike service; and

            (ii) another service injury or disease.

Definitions

In this Guide, unless a contrary intention appears:

accepted condition means an injury or disease that has been determined to be caused by service.

Act means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 as amended from time to time.

add means find the arithmetic sum of two or more numbers.

clinical features includes signs and symptoms.

combine means produce a result by combining two or more numbers by applying Chart 18.1 (Combined Values Chart) in Chapter 18 in accordance with that Chapter.

Commission means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission.

condition means an injury or a disease.

defence-caused injury and defence-caused disease have the meaning given in section 70 of the VEA.

disease means:

      (a) any physical or mental ailment, disorder, defect or morbid condition (whether of sudden onset or gradual development); or

      (b) the recurrence of such an ailment, disorder, defect or morbid condition;

but does not include:

       (c) the aggravation of such an ailment, disorder, defect or morbid condition; or

       (d) a temporary departure from:

        (i) the normal physiological state; or

        (ii) the accepted ranges of physiological or biochemical measures;
that results from normal physiological stress (for example, the effect of exercise on blood pressure) or the temporary effect of extraneous agents (for example, the effect of alcohol on blood cholesterol levels).

GARP V means the Guide to the Assessment of Rates of Veterans' Pensions, Fifth Edition (GARP V), instrument No.9 of 1997, as amended or remade from time to time.

Guide means this Guide to Determining Impairment and Compensation.

impairment, in relation to a person, means the loss, the loss of the use, or the damage or malfunction, of any part of the person's body, of any bodily system or function, or of any part of such a system or function.

impairment rating means a measure of