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1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                                     antithrombotic therapy means taking a drug for the treatment or prophylaxis of a thrombotic event, and includes antiplatelet drugs, anticoagulants and thrombolytic agents.
        Note: Examples of drugs used in antithrombotic therapy include, but are not limited to, aspirin, clopidogrel, tirofiban, warfarin, heparin, dabigatran, apixaban, rivaroxaban and alteplase.
                                     chronic renal failure means:
         (a)          having a glomerular filtration rate of less than 15 mL/min/1.73 m2 for a period of at least three months; or
         (b)          a need for renal replacement therapy (dialysis or transplantation) for treatment of complications of decreased glomerular filtration rate which would otherwise increase the risk of morbidity and mortality; or
         (c)          undergoing chronic dialysis.
                                      MET means a unit of measurement of the level of physical exertion.  1 MET = 3.5 ml of oxygen/kg of body weight per minute, 1.0 kcal/kg of body weight per hour or resting metabolic rate.
                                     MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                                     pack-year of cigarettes, or the equivalent thereof in other tobacco products means a calculation of consumption where one pack-year of cigarettes equals 20 tailor-made cigarettes per day for a period of one calendar year, or 7 300 cigarettes.  One tailor-made cigarette approximates one gram of tobacco or one gram of cigar or pipe tobacco by weight.  One pack-year of tailor-made cigarettes equates to 7.3 kilograms of smoking tobacco by weight.  Tobacco products mean cigarettes, pipe tobacco or cigars, smoked alone or in any combination.
                                     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.
                                     specified list of drugs means:
         (a)          amphetamine;
         (b)          cannabis;
         (c)          cocaine;
         (d)          dextroamphetamine;
         (e)          heroin;
         (f)           methamphetamine;
         (g)          phenylpropanolamine; or
         (h)          3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy).
                                     specified list of inflammatory vascular diseases means:
         (a)          allergic granulomatous angiitis;
         (b)          Behcet disease;
         (c)          giant cell arteritis;
         (d)          granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener granulomatosis);
         (e)          polyarteritis nodosa;
         (f)           rheumatoid arthritis;
         (g)          Sjogren syndrome;
         (h)          systemic lupus erythematosus; or
         (i)            Takayasu arteritis.
                                     subarachnoid haemorrhage—see subsection 7(2).
                                     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.