Amendment Statement of Principles
concerning
OSTEOARTHRITIS
(Balance of Probabilities)
(No. 41 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
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Professor Nicholas Saunders AO Chairperson
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Contents
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Amendment
1 Name
This is the Amendment Statement of Principles concerning osteoarthritis (Balance of Probabilities) (No. 41 of 2020).
This instrument commences on 25 May 2020.
This instrument is made under subsections 196B(3) and (8) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.
The Statement of Principles concerning osteoarthritis (Balance of Probabilities) (No. 62 of 2017) (Federal Register of Legislation No. F2017L01442) is amended in the following manner:
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Schedule 1 – Dictionary | Replace the existing definition of "trauma to the affected joint" with the following: trauma to the affected joint means a discrete event involving the application of significant physical force to or through the affected joint, that causes: (a) damage to the joint; and (b) the development, within 24 hours of the event occurring, of symptoms and signs of pain and tenderness, and either altered mobility or range of movement of the joint. 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; and (c) the persistence of these symptoms and signs for a period of at least seven days following their onset, save for where medical intervention for the trauma to that joint has occurred and that medical intervention involves one of the following: (i) immobilisation of the joint or limb by splinting or similar external agent; (ii) injection of a corticosteroid or local anaesthetic into that joint; or (iii) surgery to that joint. |