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1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                             an abnormality of kidney structure or function means:
         (a)          having a glomerular filtration rate of less than 60 mL/min/1.73 m2; or
         (b)          having kidney damage, as evidenced by renal biopsy, imaging studies, albuminuria, urinary sediment abnormalities or other markers of abnormal renal function; or
         (c)          having had a kidney transplant.
                             anticoagulant therapy means therapeutic administration of a pharmacological agent which suppresses, delays or nullifies blood coagulation (such as heparin, warfarin or dicumarol), but excludes antiplatelet therapy (such as aspirin, clopidogrel, ticlopidine or monoclonal antibodies and recombinant and chemically synthesised peptides that block platelet adhesion or aggregation).
                             being obese means having a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or greater.
Note: BMI is also defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
                             BMI means W/H2 where:
W is the person's weight in kilograms; and
H is the person's height in metres.
                             chronic kidney disease means an abnormality of kidney structure or function that has been present for at least three months.
Note: an abnormality of kidney structure or function is also defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
                             early macular degeneration means:
         (a)          drusen of at least medium size (≥63 μm); or
         (b)          retinal pigmentary abnormalities; or
         (c)          soft indistinct or reticular drusen.
                             late macular degeneration means dry macular degeneration (geographic atrophy) or wet macular degeneration.
Note: wet macular degeneration is also defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
                             macular degeneration—see subsection 7(2).
                             MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                             pack-years 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)          eligible war service (other than operational service) under the VEA;
         (b)          defence service (other than hazardous service and British nuclear test defence service) under the VEA; or
         (c)          peacetime service under the MRCA.
Note: MRCA and VEA are also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                             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.
                             thrombolytic therapy means therapeutic administration of a pharmacological agent which breaks up or dissolves blood clots (such as streptokinase or tissue plasminogen activator).
                             VEA means the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.
                             wet macular degeneration means choroidal neovascularisation and retinal angiomatous proliferation.