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Statement of Principles
concerning
NON-MELANOMA MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF THE SKIN
(Reasonable Hypothesis)
(No. 78 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 non-melanoma malignant neoplasm of the skin (Reasonable Hypothesis) (No. 78 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 non-melanotic malignant neoplasm of the skin (Reasonable Hypothesis) (No. 7 of 2016) (Federal Register of Legislation No. F2016L00239) made under subsections 196B(2) and (8) of the VEA is repealed.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 non-melanoma malignant neoplasm of the skin and death from non-melanoma malignant neoplasm of the skin.
Meaning of non-melanoma malignant neoplasm of the skin
 1.           For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, non-melanoma malignant neoplasm of the skin:
         1.           means a primary malignant neoplasm arising from the non-melanotic cells of the epidermis of the skin; and

         2.           includes:
                 1.             basal cell carcinoma;
                 2.          squamous cell carcinoma;
                 3.         squamous cell carcinoma in situ (Bowen disease) or basal cell carcinoma in situ; and
                 4.          non-melanoma malignant neoplasm of the external aspect of the lip, subungual skin, external auditory canal skin, and anogenital skin; and
         3.           excludes:
                 1.             non-melanoma malignant neoplasm mucosa lining the oral (inner) aspects of the lips, conjunctiva, and anogential mucosa;
                 2.          malignant melanoma of the skin;
                 3.        keratoacanthoma;
                 4.         Merkel cell carcinoma;
                 5.           mammary and extramammary Paget disease;
                 6.         Kaposi sarcoma;
                 7.      soft tissue sarcoma;
                 8.    carcinoid tumour;
                 9.         non-Hodgkin lymphoma; and
                10.           Hodgkin lymphoma.
 2.           While non-melanoma malignant neoplasm of the skin attracts ICD‑10‑AM codes: C00.0, C00.1, C00.2, C00.6, C00.8, C00.9, C44, C51.0, C51.1, C51.2, C51.8, C51.9, C60.0, C60.1, C60.2, C60.8, C60.9, C63.2, D04,