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     3               Authority
This instrument is made under subsection 196B(2) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.
     5               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.
     6               Definitions
The terms defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary have the meaning given when used in this instrument.
     7               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about pulmonary thromboembolism and death from pulmonary thromboembolism.
Meaning of pulmonary thromboembolism
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, pulmonary thromboembolism means obstruction of the pulmonary artery or one of its branches by a mass of clotted blood.
(3)          While pulmonary thromboembolism attracts ICD‑10‑AM code I26, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of pulmonary thromboembolism is that given in subsection (2).
(4)          For subsection (3), a reference to an ICD-10-AM code is a reference to the code assigned to a particular kind of injury or disease in The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM), Tenth Edition, effective date of 1 July 2017, copyrighted by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, ISBN 978-1-76007-296-4.
Death from pulmonary thromboembolism
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, pulmonary thromboembolism, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's pulmonary thromboembolism.
            Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
     8               Basis for determining the factors
The Repatriation Medical Authority is of the view that there is sound medical‑scientific evidence that indicates that pulmonary thromboembolism and death from pulmonary thromboembolism 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.
     9               Factors that must exist
At least one of the following factors must as a minimum exist before it can be said that a reasonable hypothesis has been raised connecting pulmonary thromboembolism or death from pulmonary thromboembolism with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
(1)          having a deep vein thrombosis within the six months before the clinical onset of pulmonary thromboembolism;
(2)          having superficial vein thrombosis within the twelve months before the clinical onset of pulmonary thromboembolism;
(3)          having acute myocardial infarction within the six months before the clinical onset of pulmonary thromboembolism;
(4)          having heart failure or a thrombus within the right atrium or right ventricle at the time of the clinical onset of pulmonary thromboembolism;
(5)          having a malignant neoplasm at the time