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Statement of Principles
concerning
RETROCALCANEAL HEEL BURSITIS
(Reasonable Hypothesis)
(No. 88 of 2024)
The Repatriation Medical Authority determines the following Statement of Principles under subsection 196B(2) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.

Dated                18 October 2024.

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 retrocalcaneal heel bursitis (Reasonable Hypothesis) (No. 88 of 2024).
 1.                Commencement
              This instrument commences on 19 November 2024.
 1.                Authority
This instrument is made under subsection 196B(2) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.
 1.                Repeal
The Statement of Principles concerning Achilles tendinopathy and bursitis (Reasonable Hypothesis) (No. 96 of 2015) (Federal Register of Legislation No. F2015L01336) made under subsection 196B(2) of the VEA is repealed.
 1.                Application
This instrument applies to a claim to which section 120A of the VEA or section 338 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 retrocalcaneal heel bursitis and death from retrocalcaneal heel bursitis.
Meaning of retrocalcaneal heel bursitis
 1.           For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, retrocalcaneal heel bursitis:
         1.           means inflammation of the deep Achilles bursa located between the distal Achilles tendon and the calcaneus bone; and
         2.           excludes posterior adventitial heel bursitis.
Death from retrocalcaneal heel bursitis
 1.           For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, retrocalcaneal heel bursitis, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's retrocalcaneal heel bursitis.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
 1.                Basis for determining the factors
The Repatriation Medical Authority is of the view that there is sound medical‑scientific evidence that indicates that retrocalcaneal heel bursitis and death from retrocalcaneal heel bursitis can be related to relevant service rendered by veterans, members of Peacekeeping Forces, or members of the Forces under the VEA, or members under the MRCA.
Note: MRCA, relevant service and VEA are defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
 1.                Factors that must exist
At least one of the following factors must as a minimum exist before it can be said