INSTRUMENT Nº 3 of 1998

 

 

 

REPATRIATION COMMISSION

 

Instrument varying the instrument of revocation of the
Guide to the Assessment of Rates of
Veterans’ Pensions (‘the Guide’) and varying the Guide,
under subsection 29(2) of the
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

 

 

 

1. The Repatriation Commission:

 

(a)      varies the instrument of revocation of the Guide to the Assessment of Rates               of Veterans’ Pensions, instrument No. 8 of 1997 (as varied by instrument               No.1 of 1998), under subsection 29(2) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986               by inserting after “instrument No.9 of 1997” in clause 2, “(as varied by               instruments Nos 2 and 3 of 1998)”; and

 

(b)      by and in accordance with the Schedule to this instrument, varies the Guide               to the Assessment of Rates of Veterans’ Pensions, instrument No. 9 of 1997               (as varied by instrument No. 2 of 1998), under subsection 29(2) of the               Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

 

 

 

        Dated  24 March     1998

 

 

 

 

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NEIL JOHNSTON
PRESIDENT

KEITH LYON
DEPUTY PRESIDENT

PAUL STEVENS
COMMISSIONER

 

     

     

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2.   In the Schedule:

 

“line” means a line of text on a page of the instrument that is not included in an illustration, diagram, formula, figure, table, page header, or a heading to an illustration, diagram, figure or table;

 

“table line” means a line of text within a table or scale including the heading to the table or scale but excluding text encapsulated in any oval shaped mark on the border of the table or scale.

 

 

 

Schedule

Item

 

Reference

Variation

1

Page 35, line 13

Omit “Actual (post-Bronchodilator)”, substitute “Actual”.

 

2

Page 35

Omit all that unenclosed text beginning with the words “The ratings in column F …” and ending with the words “…various ratings in column G”, substitute “ The ratings in column G are not to be rounded or combined at this stage.  They are all to be carried forward to be combined in the final combining of all ratings”.

 

3

Page 49, line16

Omit “radius”, substitute “humerus”.

 

4

Page 77, lines 7-9

Omit “If one or more of the veteran’s psychiatric conditions are not accepted conditions, Chapter 19 (Partially Contributing Impairment) is to be applied”.

 

5

Page 78, lines 32-33

Omit all text and other marks that appear after the final line of STEP 3 except for “78”.

 

6

Page 79, lines 29 - 31, Step 3

Omit “ If the veteran has no non-accepted psychiatric conditions then the impairment rating obtained by adding the five ratings is the final impairment rating for accepted psychiatric condition(s)”, substitute

“ The impairment rating obtained by adding the five ratings is the final impairment rating for accepted psychiatric condition(s)”.

 

7

Page 79, lines 32-33

 

Omit all text and other marks that appear after the final line of Step 3 except for “79”.

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8

Page 98, Table 5.5

Insert after the final table line and as a new table line: “ Ratings from one Functional Loss table may be combined with ratings from any other table for a different loss of function.  Ratings from Functional Loss tables are not to be combined with ratings from Other Impairment tables for the same condition”.

 

 

9

Page 135, Index, Type No 9

 

Omit “Right”, substitute “Left”.

10

Page 136,Worksheet

Omit “Table 7.1.9

 

11

Page 137, Worksheet, line 27

Omit “ for types 4,5,6,7,10 and 11”, substitute “ for types 7,10 and 11”.

 

12

Page 137, Worksheet, line 28

Omit “If Hearing Loss is type 4,5,6,7,10, or 11”, substitute “If Hearing Loss is type 7,10, or 11”

 

13

Page 139, line 29

 

Omit “(Using Table 7.1.6)”, substitute “ (Using Formula 7.1)”.

 

14

Page 220, Scale 19.1, Table line 5, ‘About Three Quarters’

 

Omit “8”, substitute “7” and omit “12”, substitute “11”

 

15

Page 220, Scale 19.1, Table line 9, ‘About One Quarter’

 

Omit “2” and “3” and substitute “3” and “4” respectively.

16

Page 223, line 13

Omit “Table 1.9”, substitute “Table 1.10”

 

17

Page 227, line 1

Omit “Tables 19.1 and 19.2”, substitute “Tables 20.1 and 20.2” .

 

18

Page 227, Scale 20.1

Omit “Scale 20.1” and substitute the following Scale 20.1:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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19

Page 227, line 13 (final line)

 

Omit “16”, substitute “15”

20

Page 247, line 4

Omit “impairment rating”, substitute “lifestyle rating”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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