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Guide only if a threshold value of 5 impairment points is reached. Any combination of loss from conditions that delivers a combined impairment of 10 or more will attract compensation.

Example
Loss of taste rated at 5 impairment points and mild reflux rated at 2 impairment points.
   A payment for loss of taste is permitted but, since 5 plus 2 is 7 and does not reach the threshold of 10 impairment points, no other payment is made.
Loss of taste rated at 5 impairment points and reflux rated at 5 impairment points.
   The reflux 5 points when combined with the loss of taste reaches the threshold of 10 impairment points and so payment is made on the basis of 10 impairment points.

Functional loss

Medical impairment is measured chiefly by loss of vital functions and is addressed in the twelve system specific chapters of this Guide, as follows:

     Cardio-Respiratory Impairment

     Hypertension and Non-Cardio Vascular Conditions

     Impairment of Spine and Limbs

     Emotional and Behavioural

     Neurological Impairment

     Gastro-intestinal Impairment

     Ear, Nose, and Throat Impairment

     Visual Impairment

Renal and Urinary Tract Function

     Sexual Function, Reproduction, and Breasts

     Skin Impairment

Endocrine and Haemopoietic Impairment

Other Impairment

Other Impairment is the physical loss of, or disturbance to, any body part or system. This concept is extended in some chapters in this Guide to include discomfort, pain, poor prognosis and other, less tangible, effects of accepted conditions.

Lifestyle effects

Lifestyle effects are to be assessed by applying Chapter 22 of this Guide in accordance with that Chapter.

The Tables

Types of Tables

There are several different sorts of tables used in GARP V that remain common to both GARP V and this Guide. Basically these are various impairment tables, the lifestyle tables and the tables to deal with more complex matters.

However the MRCA requires the Commission to specify two particular tables that are not used in GARP V or the VEA. These are tables that arise from the method specified by the Commission to determine compensation payable for warlike and non-warlike as distinct from peacetime service (see Tables 1 and 2 of Chapter 23). In addition the Commission must specify a method for determining compensation payable when a mixture of warlike (or non-warlike) and peacetime service causes the whole person impairment

Gender Use

Some tables are for men only, some for women only, and others (the majority) are not gender specific. Each table is clearly marked in the top right hand corner:

   the symbol    means that the table is only to be used for the assessment of female veterans;
   the symbol    means that the table is only to be used for the assessment of male veterans;
   the symbol    means that