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Every Statement of Principles covering the skin: 22 conditions, 359 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.
Albinism
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, albinism: (a) means one of a group of genetic disorders of melanin biosynthesis, commonly involving a reduction in hair, skin or eye…
Chemical burn
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, chemical burn: (a) means an injury to the skin and external body covering tissues due to external contact with chemical agents; and (b)…
Chilblains
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, chilblains: (a) means painful, localised erythema and inflammatory swelling from the reaction of the small blood vessels in the skin to…
Chloracne
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, chloracne: (a) means a chronic skin disease, characterised by an acne-like eruption of open and closed comedones (whiteheads and…
Cut, stab, abrasion and laceration
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, cut, stab, abrasion and laceration: (a) means an injury that interrupts the continuity of the epidermis or other external or exposed…
Discoid lupus erythematosus
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, discoid lupus erythematosus: (a) means a form of chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus that commonly presents with erythematous, scaly…
Frostbite
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, frostbite: (a) means a thermal injury involving the freezing of skin, subcutaneous tissues or deep tissues; and (b) excludes hypothermia…
Heat-induced burn
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, heat-induced burn: (a) means an injury to the skin and external body covering tissues due to transfer of energy into the tissue with…
Herpes simplex
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, herpes simplex means a clinical illness caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) or herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2). Lesions…
Irritant contact dermatitis
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, irritant contact dermatitis: (a) means inflammation of an area of the skin from exposure to an irritant that has been applied to the…
Localised sclerosis
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, localised sclerosis (also known as localised scleroderma or morphea): (a) means an autoimmune, fibrosing connective tissue disorder…
Photocontact dermatitis
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, photocontact dermatitis: (a) means inflammation of an area of the skin from exposure to light in the presence of a phototoxic agent or…
Porphyria cutanea tarda
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, porphyria cutanea tarda means a skin disorder resulting from decreased activity of the enzyme uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase in the…
Psoriasis
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, psoriasis means a chronic inflammatory skin disorder characterised by keratinocyte hyperproliferation that results in erythematous…
Radiation burn
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, radiation burn: (a) means an injury to the skin and external body covering tissues due to transfer of energy into the tissue with…
Seborrhoeic dermatitis
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, seborrhoeic dermatitis means an exfoliative, chronic dermatitis involving areas of increased sebaceous gland activity.
Seborrhoeic keratosis
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, seborrhoeic keratosis: (a) means a benign intra-epidermal skin tumour arising from the proliferation of basaloid keratinocytes with…
Shingles and postherpetic neuralgia
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, shingles and postherpetic neuralgia means a symptomatic reactivation of a dormant varicella-zoster virus infection, usually manifesting…
Solar keratosis
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, solar keratosis: (a) means a cutaneous lesion characterised by the local proliferation of atypical (dysplastic) epidermal keratinocytes;…
Subcutaneous lipoma
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, subcutaneous lipoma: (a) means a benign neoplasm of mature adipose cells occurring in subcutaneous tissues, which is usually surrounded…
Tinea
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, tinea: (a) means a fungal infection of the skin, hair or nails caused by the dermatophytes Epidermophyton, Trichophyton, Microsporum,…
Warts
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, warts: (a) means abnormal benign hyperplastic lesions of the skin or mucous membranes caused by human papillomavirus infection; and (b)…
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