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Every Statement of Principles covering the hips and groin: 6 conditions, 104 legislated factors between them. Each one links through to the full factor list, and to an example report where we have written one.
A claim for any of these is decided against its Statement of Principles. At least one factor has to be met, and connected to your service. Reasonable Hypothesis applies to operational service; Balance of Probabilities to peacetime.
Femoroacetabular impingement syndrome
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, femoroacetabular impingement syndrome means a disorder of the hip due to abnormal contact between the proximal femur and the acetabulum,…
Gluteal tendinopathy
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, gluteal tendinopathy means a symptomatic inflammatory or degenerative disease of the gluteus medius or gluteus minimus tendons at or…
Inguinal hernia
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, inguinal hernia means: (a) a protrusion of intra-abdominal tissue through the abdominal wall either: (i) through the inguinal canal; or…
Labral tear
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, labral tear means: (a) an injury involving tearing of the fibrocartilaginous rim of the hip or shoulder joint resulting in local pain…
Trochanteric bursitis
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, trochanteric bursitis means a symptomatic disease involving inflammation of the bursae around the greater trochanter of the hip.
Varicocoele
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, varicocoele means an abnormal tortuosity and dilatation of the veins of the pampiniform plexus within the spermatic cord in the scrotum.
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