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     3               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 diabetes mellitus and death from diabetes mellitus.
Meaning of diabetes mellitus
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, diabetes mellitus:
(a)          means persistent hyperglycaemia characterised by either:
(i)            two positive laboratory blood tests on separate days showing:
                    1. a fasting plasma glucose concentration of at least 7.0 millimoles per litre; or
                     2. a plasma glucose concentration of at least 11.1 millimoles per litre two hours after ingestion of 75 grams of glucose on a baseline fasting state (glucose tolerance test); or
                     3. an HbA1c level of at least 6.5%; or
(ii)         an episode of diabetic ketoacidosis or hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state with a blood glucose level of at least 11.1 millimoles per litre; and
(b)          includes:
(i)            drug-induced diabetes mellitus;
(ii)         gestational diabetes mellitus;
(iii)       primary diabetes mellitus;
(iv)        secondary diabetes mellitus;
(v)          type 1 diabetes mellitus; and
(vi)        type 2 diabetes mellitus; and
               Note: type 1 diabetes mellitus and type 2 diabetes mellitus are defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
(c)          excludes impaired glucose tolerance.
(3)          While diabetes mellitus attracts ICD‑10‑AM code E10, E11, E12, E13 or E14, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of diabetes mellitus 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 diabetes mellitus
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, diabetes mellitus, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's diabetes mellitus.
            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 diabetes mellitus and death from diabetes mellitus 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