Specialist Medical Review Council
Declarations
Section 196W Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
Re: Statements of Principles Nos. 55 and 56 of 2014
in respect of Chronic Multisymptom Illness
Request for Review Declaration No. 33
In relation to the Repatriation Medical Authority (the RMA) Statements of Principles Nos. 55 and 56 of 2014 concerning chronic multisymptom illness made under subsections 196B of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (the VEA), the Council under subsection 196W(5) of the VEA:
DECLARES that there is insufficient sound medical-scientific evidence on which the RMA could have relied to amend the Statements of Principles to include the following factor(s):
- depleted uranium;
- oil well smoke;
- medical countermeasures (such as pyridostigmine bromide, and vaccinations for anthrax, plague, pertussis);
- contaminated food and water;
- chemical and biological weapons; and
- pesticide exposure (including N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET)).
David Newman
Presiding Councillor
Bradley Ng
Councillor
Andrew Grulich
Dino Pisaniello
John Waterston
The Common Seal of the ) Specialist Medical Review ) Council was affixed by )
authority of the Council in )
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Jan Bowman
Registrar, SMRC
Dated this sixth day of August 2018