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Statement of Principles
concerning
MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF THE ENDOMETRIUM
 (Balance of Probabilities)
(No. 32 of 2025)
The Repatriation Medical Authority determines the following Statement of Principles under subsection 196B(3) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.

Dated 18 February 2025.

Professor Terence Campbell AM
Chairperson
by and on behalf of
The Repatriation Medical Authority

Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Repeal
5 Application
6 Definitions
7 Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
8 Basis for determining the factors
9 Factors that must exist
10 Relationship to service
11 Factors referring to an injury or disease covered by another Statement of Principles
Schedule 1 - Dictionary
1 Definitions

 1.                Name
This is the Statement of Principles concerning malignant neoplasm of the endometrium (Balance of Probabilities) (No. 32 of 2025).
 1.                Commencement
              This instrument commences on 25 March 2025.
 1.                Authority
This instrument is made under subsection 196B(3) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.
 1.                Repeal
The Statement of Principles concerning malignant neoplasm of the endometrium No. 12 of 2016 (Federal Register of Legislation No. F2016L00244) made under subsection 196B(3) and (8) of the VEA is repealed.
 1.                Application
This instrument applies to a claim to which section 120B of the VEA or section 339 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 applies.
 1.                Definitions
The terms defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary have the meaning given when used in this instrument.
 1.                Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
        1.           This Statement of Principles is about malignant neoplasm of the endometrium and death from malignant neoplasm of the endometrium.
Meaning of malignant neoplasm of the endometrium
 1.           For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malignant neoplasm of the endometrium:
         1.           means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the cells of the mucous membrane that line the uterine cavity; and
         2.           includes;
                 1.             carcinoma in situ and
                 2.          carcinosarcoma (also known as malignant mesodermal mixed tumour); and
         3.           excludes;
                 1.             malignant neoplasm of the cervix;
                 2.          carcinoid tumour;
                 3.        soft tissue sarcoma of the uterus;
                 4.         non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; and
                 5.           Hodgkin's lymphoma.
 2.           While malignant neoplasm of the endometrium attracts ICD‑10‑AM code C54.1, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of malignant neoplasm of the endometrium is that given in subsection (2).
 3.           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 malignant neoplasm