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aortic atherosclerotic disease (Balance of Probabilities) (No. 53 of 2020).
     3               Authority
This instrument is made under subsection 196B(3) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.
     5               Application
This instrument applies to a claim to which section 120B of the VEA or section 339 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 non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease and death from non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease.
Meaning of non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease means atherosclerosis of the abdominal aorta which causes partial or complete occlusion of the aorta and either:
(a)          warrants medical treatment; or
(b)          results in at least one of the following clinical manifestations:
(i)            claudication in the lower back, buttocks, hips, thighs or calves;
(ii)         erectile dysfunction;
(iii)       pallor and coldness of the lower extremities; or
(iv)        reduced pulsation in the femoral arteries.
(3)          While non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease attracts ICD‑10‑AM code I70.0, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease 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 non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease.
            Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
     8               Basis for determining the factors
On the sound medical‑scientific evidence available, the Repatriation Medical Authority is of the view that it is more probable than not that non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease and death from non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease 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.
     9               Factors that must exist
At least one of the following factors must exist before it can be said that, on the balance of probabilities, non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease or death from non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease is connected with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
(1)          having