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Changes to the list of Statements of Principles and names of conditions, August 2021

Changes to the list of Statements of Principles and names of conditions, August 2021

On 5 August 2021 changes were made to:

  • the list of Australian Statements of Principles that apply in New Zealand
  • the list of accepted late-onset conditions.

Statements of Principles

The Statements of Principles are a tool to determine if an injury, illness or death is service-related.

More information on Statements of Principles

The Veterans' Support Amendment Regulations (No 4) 2021 brought into force 2 new and 16 replacement Statements of Principles.

These Statements of Principles cover:

  • acute lymphoblastic leukaemia/lymphoblastic lymphoma
  • ankylosing spondlylitis
  • asthma
  • deep vein thrombosis
  • malignant neoplasm of the kidney
  • posterior tibialis tendinopathy
  • pulmonary thromboembolism
  • seborrhoeic dermatitis.

Veterans' Support Amendment Regulations (No 4) 2021(external link)

Australian Government Repatriation Medical Authority's website(external link)

Accepted late-onset conditions

The names of several conditions on the list of accepted late-onset conditions at Schedule 2A of the Veterans’ Support Regulations have been updated, either to correct misspellings, or to align the names with the current names of Statements of Principles from which they were derived.

See the amendment regulation cited below for more information on these changes. Accepted late-onset conditions are conditions that could be accepted as being linked to specific exposure or events occurring during qualifying operational service. They are applied to Scheme Two veterans only. Their purpose is to ensure that families of veterans whose death was the result of a late-onset malignancy or other physical or mental disorder receive entitlements under the Veterans’ Support Act 2014.

Veterans' Support Amendment Regulations (No 4) 2021(external link)

Table of name changes of conditions

Previous name of condition New name of condition Notes
acute lymphoblastic leukaemia acute lymphoblastic leukaemia/lymphoblastic lymphoma  
alzheimer-type dementia Alzheimer disease  
aortic aneurysm aortic aneurysm and aortic wall disorders  
 - cardiomyopathy the Statements of Principles now include familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy within cardiomyopathy, so familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy has been deleted
carotid arterial disease carotid artery disease  
Cushing’s syndrome Cushing syndrome  
Cut, stab, abrasion and laceration cut, stab, abrasion and laceration  
dengue fever dengue virus infection  
- explosive blast injury previously included in physical injury due to munitions discharge which has been deleted
 - gunshot injury previously included in physical injury due to munitions discharge which has been deleted
haemochromatosis hereditary haemochromatosis  
human immunodeficiency virus human immunodeficiency virus infection  
human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 infection  
extrinsic allergic alveolitis hypersensitivity pneumonitis  
immune thrombocytopaenic purpura immune thrombocytopaenia  
Kaposi’s sarcoma Kaposi sarcoma  
malignant neoplasm of the testis and paratesticular tissue malignant neoplasm of the testis and paratesticular tissues  
adenocarcinoma of the kidney malignant neoplasm of the kidney  
meliodosis melioidosis  
microscopic polyantiitis microscopic polyangiitis  
myelodysplastic disorder myelodysplastic syndrome  
- neurocognitive disorder with Lewy bodies previously included with alzheimer-type dementia
non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma non-Hodgkin lymphoma  
osteogenesis imperfecta osteogenesis imperfecta  
Parkinson’s disease and parkinsonism Parkinson’s disease and secondary parkinsonism  
peritonal adhesions peritoneal adhesions  
poisoning and toxic reaction from plants and fungi poisoning from plants or fungi  
post-traumatic stress disorder posttraumatic stress disorder  
rapidly progressing crescentic glomerulonephritis rapidly progressive crescentic glomerulonephritis  
schistomosomiasis schistosomiasis  
thromboagniitis obliterans thromboangiitis obliterans  
Date

05 August 2021