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death from eating disorder can be related to relevant service rendered by veterans 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 exist before it can be said that, on the balance of probabilities, eating disorder or death from eating disorder is connected with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
 1.           experiencing a category 1A stressor during the 1 year before clinical onset or clinical worsening of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder or avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder;
Note: category 1A stressor is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary
 1.           being the subject of bullying during the 2 years before clinical onset or clinical worsening of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder or avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder;
Note: bullying is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
 1.           having one of the following clinically significant disorders of mental health during the 12 months before clinical onset or clinical worsening of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder or avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder:
         1.           anxiety disorder;
         2.           attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder;
         3.           depressive disorder;
         4.           personality disorder;
         5.           posttraumatic stress disorder; or
         6.            social anxiety disorder.
Note: clinically significant disorder of mental health is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary
 1.           having experienced as a child (under the age of 18) one of the following;
         1.           serious physical, emotional, or sexual harm;
         2.           neglect involving a serious failure to provide the necessities for health, physical and emotional development, or wellbeing by an adult;
before clinical onset or clinical worsening of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, or avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder;
 1.           having experienced as a child (under the age of 18) sexual abuse before clinical onset or clinical worsening of other specified feeding or eating disorder;
 2.           experiencing regular food insecurity for a continuous period of 3 months at the time of clinical onset or clinical worsening of binge-eating disorder;
Note: food insecurity is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
 1.           having type 1 diabetes mellitus for at least the 3 months before clinical onset or clinical worsening of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder;
 2.           inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for eating disorder before clinical worsening.
 1.            Relationship to service
         1.           The existence in a person of any factor referred to in section 9, must be related to the relevant service rendered by the person.
         2.           The clinical worsening aspects of factors set out in section 9 apply only to material contribution to, or aggravation of, eating disorder where the person's eating disorder