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1               Definitions
In this instrument:

                                   equivalent oral glucocorticoid therapy means a glucocorticoid in the following table, at the doses specified in the table, or a therapeutically equivalent dose of another glucocorticoid:

 Glucocorticoid   Minimum average
                  rate (milligrams/day)
 cortisone        75
 hydrocortisone   60
 prednisone       15
 prednisolone     15

                                  MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.

                                  relevant service means:
         (a)          eligible war service (other than operational service) under the VEA;
         (b)          defence service (other than hazardous service and British nuclear test defence service) under the VEA; or
         (c)          peacetime service under the MRCA.
Note: MRCA and VEA are also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.

                                  scleroderma renal crisis means a disorder characterised by the abrupt onset of marked hypertension, rapidly progressive renal failure due to thrombotic microangiopathy vasospasm, and tissue ischaemia.  Up to 10 percent of patients with scleroderma renal crisis are normotensive, although their blood pressure may be increased from baseline values.

                                  systemic sclerosis—see subsection 7(2).

                                  terminal event means the proximate or ultimate cause of death and includes the following:
         (a)           pneumonia;
         (b)           respiratory failure;
         (c)           cardiac arrest;
         (d)           circulatory failure; or
         (e)           cessation of brain function.
                                  VEA means the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.