Instrument No.133 of 1995
Statement of Principles
concerning
BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY
ICD CODE: 600
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
subsection 196B(2)
1. Being of the view that there is sound medical-scientific evidence that indicates that benign prostatic hypertrophy and death from benign prostatic hypertrophy can be related to operational service rendered by veterans, peacekeeping service rendered by members of Peacekeeping forces and hazardous service rendered by members of the Forces, the Repatriation Medical Authority determines, under subsection 196B(2) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act), that the factor that must as a minimum exist before it can be said that a reasonable hypothesis has been raised connecting benign prostatic hypertrophy or death from benign prostatic hypertrophy with the circumstances of that service, is:
(a) inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for the benign prostatic hypertrophy.
2. Subject to clause 3 (below) the factor set out in paragraph 1(a) must be related to any service rendered by a person.
3. The factor set out in paragraph 1(a) applies only where:
(a) the person’s benign prostatic hypertrophy was contracted before a period, or part of a period, of service to which the factor is related; and
(b) the relationship suggested between the benign prostatic hypertrophy and the particular service of a person is a relationship set out in paragraph 8(1)(e), 9(1)(e), 70(5)(d), or 70(5A)(d) of the Act.
4. For the purposes of this Statement of Principles:
“benign prostatic hypertrophy” means an age-associated enlargement of the prostate resulting from proliferation of both glandular and stromal elements beginning, generally, in the fifth decade of life, attracting ICD code 600;
“ICD code” means a number assigned to a particular kind of injury or disease in the tenth edition of the International Classification of Diseases 9th Revision, effective date of 1 October 1993, copyrighted by the US Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities, and having the Library of Congress number 77-94472.
Dated this Thirteenth day of April 1995
The Common Seal of the )
Repatriation Medical Authority )
was affixed to this instrument )
in the presence of: )
KEN DONALD
CHAIRMAN