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GUIDE TO DETERMINING IMPAIRMENT AND COMPENSATION (GARP M)

INTRODUCTION

Purpose

This Guide is to be applied to assess the degree of impairment from service injury or disease. Its provisions are binding on the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, the Veterans' Review Board, and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

Legal background

The Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 provides for periodic payments to be made to members for impairment resulting from service injuries or diseases as defined in section 5 of the Act.

Part 2 of Chapter 4 of the Act provides that periodic payments are payable only if certain thresholds are reached as determined by reference to the extent of the veteran's incapacity as assessed in accordance with this Guide. Subsection 67(1) of the Act provides that the Guide prepared by the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission sets out:

      (a) criteria to be used in deciding the degree of impairment of a person resulting from a service injury or disease; and

      (b) methods by which the degree of that impairment can be expressed in impairment points on a scale from 0 to 100; and

      (c) criteria to be used in assessing the effect of a service injury or disease on a person's lifestyle; and

      (d) methods by which the effect of a service injury or disease on a person's lifestyle can be expressed as a numerical rating; and

      (e) methods by which the impairment points of a person, and the effect on a person's lifestyle, from a service injury