NOTICE OF INVESTIGATION
Section 196G of the
Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
The Repatriation Medical Authority (the Authority) gives notice under section 196G of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (the VEA) that it intends to carry out investigations under section 196B(7) of the VEA to review the contents of Statements of Principles concerning the following:
Condition: | Instrument Nos.: |
Achilles tendinopathy and bursitis | 37 & 38 of 2007 |
intervertebral disc prolapse | 39 & 40 of 2007 (as amended by 80 & 81 of 2008 and 38 & 39 of 2010) |
malignant neoplasm of the oesophagus | 41 & 42 of 2007 (as amended by 55 & 56 of 2011) |
tuberculosis | 43 & 44 of 2007 |
albinism | 45 & 46 of 2007 |
alkaptonuria | 47 & 48 of 2007 |
congenital cataract | 49 & 50 of 2007 |
horseshoe kidney | 51 & 52 of 2007 |
Marfan syndrome | 53 & 54 of 2007 |
autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease | 55 & 56 of 2007 |
von Willebrand's disease | 57 & 58 of 2007 |
osteogenesis imperfecta | 59 & 60 of 2007 |
spina bifida | 61 & 62 of 2007 |
haemophilia | 63 & 64 of 2007 |
Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism | 65 of 2007 (as amended by 83 of 2010) & 66 of 2007) |
malignant neoplasm of the gallbladder | 67 & 68 of 2007(as amended by 51 & 52 of 2011) |
myopia, hypermetropia and astigmatism | 69 & 70 of 2007 |
dental caries | 71 & 72 of 2007 |
loss of teeth | 73 & 74 of 2007 (as amended by 121 & 122 of 2007) |
pterygium | 75 & 76 of 2007 |
pinguecula | 77 & 78 of 2007 |
malignant melanoma of the skin | 79 & 80 of 2007 |
non-melanotic malignant neoplasm of the skin | 81 & 82 of 2007 (as amended by 71 & 72 of 2011) |
mesothelioma | 83 & 84 of 2007 |
systemic lupus erythematosus | 85 & 86 of 2007 (as amended by 41 & 42 of 2009) |
ischaemic heart disease | 89 & 90 of 2007 (as amended by 43 & 44 of 2009; 96 & 97 of 2010 and 125 & 126 of 2011) |
hallux valgus | 91 & 92 of 2007 |
ingrowing nail | 93 & 94 of 2007 |
lipoma | 97 & 98 of 2007 |
malignant neoplasm of the endometrium | 99 of 2007 (as amended by 91 of 2011) & 100 of 2007) |
anxiety disorder | 101 & 102 of 2007 (as amended by 42 & 43 of 2010 and 15 & 16 of 2011) |
peritoneal adhesions | 103 & 104 of 2007 |
The Authority invites the following persons and organisations to make written submissions to the Authority in respect of any of the investigations:
a person eligible to make a claim for pension under Part II or Part IV of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986;
a person eligible to make a claim for compensation under section 319 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (the MRCA);
an organisation representing veterans, Australian mariners, members of the Forces, members of the Peacekeeping Forces, members within the meaning of the MRCA, or their dependants;
the Repatriation Commission or the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission; and
a person having expertise in a field relevant to the investigation.
The Authority will hold its first meeting for the purposes of each of these investigations in April 2014.
Under the VEA, the Authority is required to find out whether there is new information available about how the above listed conditions may be suffered or contracted, or death from the above listed conditions may occur; and the extent to which the above listed conditions or death from the above listed conditions may be war-caused, defence-caused, a service injury, a service disease or a service death. Persons and organisations wishing to make a submission should obtain a copy of the RMA Submission Guidelines from the RMA website [www.rma.gov.au] or by contacting the RMA Secretariat at the address or telephone number below.
All submissions must be in writing and received by the Authority at the address below no later than 4 April 2014.
The Common Seal of the )
Repatriation Medical Authority )
was affixed in the presence of )
PROFESSOR NICHOLAS SAUNDERS AO
CHAIRPERSON 22/10/2012
The Repatriation Medical Authority
8th Floor, 259 Queen Street, BRISBANE, QLD 4000
[GPO Box 1014, Brisbane, Old 4001] – Telephone: (07) 3815 9404