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Schedule 1—Amendments

Guide to Determining Impairment and Compensation 2016 (Instrument 2016 No. MRCC37)

  1 Chapter 23, section entitled 'Determining the factor for compensation payment'
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       Determining the factor for compensation payment

       The combined impairment rating, which is obtained by applying Chapter 18 (Combined Values Chart), is to be combined with the lifestyle rating on either the Warlike and Non-warlike Factors Table (Table 23.1) or the Peacetime Factors Table (Table 23.2). This is to determine the factor to be multiplied by the maximum weekly payment available under the Act, which is prescribed in section 74 of the MRCA and indexed by section 404 of the MRCA.

       A veteran's lifestyle rating is expected to be broadly consistent with the degree of medical impairment from accepted conditions as measured by the Combined Impairment Rating. In most cases a lifestyle rating that falls within the shaded area of Tables 23.1 and 23.2 will satisfy the requirement of broad consistency. There may be exceptional cases and, in accordance with Chapter 22 of this Guide, a lifestyle rating outside the shaded area may be allocated.

       Where a member or former member has two or more types of service (either under MRCA or under both MRCA and DRCA/VEA) and has different conditions under each, then the instructions in "Combined ratings" apply.

  2 Chapter 23, section entitled 'Combined ratings'
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       Combined ratings

       If the service-caused conditions lead to impairment ratings of A for warlike (or non-warlike) service and B for peacetime service, then the compensation payable will be a weighted average. This is determined by:

              * the amount that would be paid if the conditions had both been caused by warlike (or non-warlike) service; and

              * the amount that would be paid if the conditions had both been caused by peacetime service.

       The weights used are the impairment ratings A and B.

       If the combined impairment is C (see Chapter 18) and the lifestyle effect is L, this can be expressed as:

       The CF value for warlike (or non-warlike) service (CFwl) is taken from Table 23.1.

       The CF value for peacetime service (CFpt) is taken from Table 23.2.

       The final value worked out using the above formula (CFfinal) is then multiplied by the maximum weekly compensation payable to determine the final level of compensation.

       The following example illustrates this, where a veteran has a condition from warlike (or non-warlike) service and another condition from peacetime service.

Example 1: Two conditions resulting from different service types
Captain Brown has 2 conditions:
                      a gastro-intestinal condition (A) resulting from warlike service assessed as 20 impairment points; and
                      a spinal injury (B) resulting from peacetime service assessed as 30 impairment points.
The lifestyle rating (L) from these conditions is 4.