Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00686:clause:1_1:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00686
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1 (pt 2/4)
Character Range: 23150–26588

an object; most often pinch grip involves primarily the thumb, the index finger and the middle finger.
        Note: Examples of activities which require pinch grip include writing, sewing, knitting, painting with small brushes and holding dentistry instruments.
                                  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.
                                  repetitive activities means:
         (a)          bending or twisting of the affected joint; or
         (b)          carrying out the same or similar movements that involve the affected joint;
          at least 50 times per hour.
                                  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.
     trauma to the affected joint means a discrete event involving the application of significant physical force to or through the affected joint, that causes:
(a)          damage to the joint; and
(b)          the development, within 24 hours of the event occurring, of symptoms and signs of pain and tenderness, and either altered mobility or range of movement of the joint.  In the case of sustained unconsciousness or the masking of pain by analgesic medication, these symptoms and signs must appear on return to consciousness or the withdrawal of the analgesic medication; and

         (c)          the persistence of these symptoms and signs for a period of at least seven days following their onset, save for where medical intervention for the trauma to that joint has occurred and that medical intervention involves one of the following:
            (i)            immobilisation of the joint or limb by splinting or similar external agent;
            (ii)         injection of a corticosteroid or local anaesthetic into that joint; or
            (iii)       surgery to that joint.
                                  VEA means the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.

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