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and 81 of the Act and includes a person with a DRCA disability.

         Note: In sections 80 and 81 of the Act, "veteran" means a person:

              (a) who is, because of section 7 of the Act, taken to have rendered eligible war service; or
              (b) in respect of whom a pension is, or pensions are, payable under subsection 13(6) of the Act, other than a person who is a veteran under paragraph (a) by reason only that the person rendered service as a member of the Forces of a Commonwealth country of a kind described in paragraphs 6(1)(f) or (g) of the Act and was not domiciled in Australia or an external Territory immediately before the person's appointment or enlistment in those forces.
              Section 81 of the Act provides that "veteran" is also to be read as a reference to a "member of the Forces" or a "member of a Peacekeeping Force" as defined in subsection 68(1) of the Act.

    "Veterans' Access Payment" means the amount set out in the DVA document entitled "Department of Veterans' Affairs Fee Schedules for Medical Services" referred to in Schedule 1 and called the "Veterans' Access Payment" — being an additional amount payable by the Department to a general practitioner for a medical service provided by the general practitioner to an entitled person in accordance with these Principles and the Notes for General Practitioners.
    Note: a Veterans' Access Payment is an amount additional to any amount otherwise payable by the Department to a general practitioner for a medical service provided by the general practitioner to an entitled person in accordance with these Principles and the Notes for General Practitioners.

    "Veterans and Veterans Families Counselling Service" or "VVCS" means the service funded by the Department known as Open Arms – Veterans & Families Counselling.

    "Veterans' Home Care Program" means:

              (a) the treatment program under which the Commission ensures the provision of care and assistance services to entitled persons who are frail, or who have disabilities, with the aim of maintaining the independence of those people, allowing them to remain in their own home for as long as possible, and reducing avoidable illness and injury, and includes section 7 of the Veterans Affairs (Extended Eligibility for Treatment) Instrument 2015 and Principles made under section 90 of the Act and the arrangements in support thereof; and

              (b) the treatment program under which the Commission may ensure the provision of social support services to entitled persons referred to the program under a GP Home Care service (category C) Referral.

    "veterans' supplement", in relation to an entitled person, means the supplement of that name that applies under the Aged Care Act 1997 to the person as a care recipient