Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00271:schedule:1:p3
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Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 3/5)
Character Range: 6872–9749

had resulted from peacetime service instead, the compensation factor would be 0.258 (see Table 23.2).
The weighted average compensation factor, using the formula, is:
(30 * 0.461 + 20 * 0.258) / (30 + 20) = 0.380.
The maximum compensation payable as at 1 July 2024 of $421.72 is multiplied by this factor to give a periodic payment of $160.25 per week.

  3 Chapter 25
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       METHOD OF WORKING OUT THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION PAYABLE UNDER THE MRCA FOR A PERSON WITH A VEA OR DRCA INJURY OR DISEASE

       Introduction

       This Chapter deals with situations where an injury or disease (the condition) has been accepted under the VEA, or the DRCA, or both the VEA and DRCA, before a claim is made under the MRCA.

       Definitions

       In this Chapter:

           DRCA means the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988.

           DRCA accepted condition, in relation to a person, means the person's injury for which the Commonwealth is liable to pay compensation under DRCA.

                  Note Under DRCA, an injury includes a disease (see DRCA, sections 5A and 5B).

           MRCA means the Military and Rehabilitation Compensation Act 2004.

           MRCA determination, in relation to a person, means the determination by the Commission of the degree of impairment suffered by the person as a result of a compensable condition under the MRCA.

           MRCA accepted condition means the injury or disease for which the Commission has accepted liability under section 23 of the MRCA.

           MRCA compensation payment means the payment worked out under this Chapter for a person with a MRCA accepted condition and a DRCA accepted condition and/or a VEA accepted condition.

           MRCA PI—see the definition of MRCA Permanent Impairment.

           MRCA Permanent Impairment or MRCA PI, in relation to a person, means the person's impairment for which compensation is payable under Chapter 4 of Part 2 of the MRCA.

           VEA accepted condition, in relation to a person, means the person's incapacity from an injury or disease that the Repatriation Commission has determined under section 19 of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (including as applied under section 71 of that Act) entitles the person to be granted a pension under Part II or IV of that Act (other than a pension payable to a person as a dependant of a deceased veteran), ie a pension under subsection 13(1) or subsection 70(1) of that Act.

           VEA percentage means the amount payable under the VEA for the conditions referred to in Step (1) below, as at the date of the MRCA claim, expressed as a percentage of the General Rate at that date.

       Assessing total MRCA PI compensation

       The method to assess the total amount of MRCA PI compensation payable under the MRCA is as follows.

       In