Amendment Statement of Principles concerning temporomandibular disorder (Balance of Probabilities) (No. 43 of 2020) (Cth)

Amendment Statement of Principles

concerning

TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDER
(Balance of Probabilities)

(No. 43 of 2020)

The Repatriation Medical Authority determines the following Amendment Statement of Principles under subsections 196B(3) and (8) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.

Dated      24 April 2020

The Common Seal of the
Repatriation Medical Authority
was affixed to this instrument
at the direction of:

Professor Nicholas Saunders AO
Chairperson

Contents

1Name........................................................................................................................................... 3

2Commencement........................................................................................................................ 3

3Authority..................................................................................................................................... 3

4Amendment............................................................................................................................... 3

1. Name

This is the Amendment Statement of Principles concerning temporomandibular disorder (Balance of Probabilities) (No. 43 of 2020).

1. Commencement

This instrument commences on 25 May 2020.

1. Authority

This instrument is made under subsections 196B(3) and (8) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.

1. Amendment

The Statement of Principles concerning temporomandibular disorder (Balance of Probabilities) (No. 48 of 2018) (Federal Register of Legislation No. F2018L00541) is amended in the following manner:

Section

Amendment

Schedule 1 – Dictionary

Replace the existing definition of "acute trauma" with the following:

acute trauma means a discrete event involving the application of significant physical force to or through the affected structures, that causes:

(a)      damage to the joint, masticatory muscles and associated structures of the masticatory system; and

(b)       the development, within 24 hours of the event occurring, of symptoms and signs of pain, tenderness or altered range of movement of the joint and associated structures.  In the case of sustained unconsciousness or the masking of pain by analgesic medication, these symptoms and signs must appear on return to consciousness or the withdrawal of the analgesic medication; or

(c)      distortion of the temporomandibular joint; or

(d)      fracture of the temporal bone or mandible.

Note 1: Acute trauma includes craniotomy, osteotomy and reconstructive surgery involving the temporal bone or mandible, but excludes regular dental and orthodontic treatment.

Note 2: masticatory muscles and associated structures of the masticatory system is also defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.