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Every Statement of Principles covering the stomach, bowel and liver: 31 conditions, 902 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.
Acute pancreatitis
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, acute pancreatitis means an acute inflammatory condition due to auto-digestion of pancreatic tissue by its own enzymes.
Anal fissure
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, anal fissure: (a) means an acquired linear longitudinal split in the skin (anoderm) of the distal anal canal; and (b) excludes anal…
Barrett's oesophagus
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, Barrett's oesophagus means: (a) a condition in which there is metaplasia of the epithelium of the lower oesophagus from the normal…
Cholelithiasis
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, cholelithiasis means the aggregation of bile constituents into a stone or calculus with a diameter exceeding two millimetres, in the…
Chronic gastritis and chronic gastropathy
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles: (a) chronic gastritis means inflammation of the gastric mucosa with histologically demonstrated chronic inflammatory cell infiltrate;…
Chronic pancreatitis
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, chronic pancreatitis means a progressive inflammatory disease of the pancreas resulting in irreversible morphological change with…
Chronic pruritus ani
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, chronic pruritus ani means intense itching of more than six weeks duration affecting the perianal skin.
Cirrhosis of the liver
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, cirrhosis of the liver means a chronic condition of the hepatic parenchyma involving severe fibrosis in association with the formation…
Coeliac disease
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, coeliac disease: (a) means a malabsorption disorder in susceptible people due to immune-mediated mucosal inflammation of the small…
Diaphragmatic hernia
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, diaphragmatic hernia: (a) means an acquired protrusion of intra-abdominal tissue through the diaphragm into the thoracic cavity; and (b)…
Diverticular disease of the colon
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, diverticular disease of the colon: (a) means acquired herniation of the mucosa and submucosa through the muscular layer of the colon…
Duodenal ulcer and duodenal erosion
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, duodenal ulcer and duodenal erosion: (a) means a non-malignant disruption in the mucosal surface of the duodenum; and (b) includes…
Eosinophilic oesophagitis
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, eosinophilic oesophagitis means a chronic, immune-mediated oesophageal disease, characterised by symptoms related to oesophageal…
Gallstone disease (cholelithiasis)
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, gallstone disease (cholelithiasis) means the presence of one or more stones or calculi, exceeding 2 millimetres in diameter, in the…
Gastric ulcer and gastric erosion
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, gastric ulcer and gastric erosion: (a) means a non-malignant disruption in the mucosal surface of the stomach; and (b) includes ulcers…
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: (a) means a chronic condition involving retrograde flow of gastro- duodenal contents into the…
Haemorrhoids
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, haemorrhoids means: (a) inflammation, bleeding, thrombosis, prolapse or symptomatic enlargement of the haemorrhoidal cushions; and (b)…
Hepatitis B
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, hepatitis B means infection with the hepatitis B virus resulting in: (a) an acute, symptomatic, clinical illness characterised by…
Hepatitis C
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, hepatitis C means infection with the hepatitis C virus resulting in: (a) an acute, symptomatic, clinical illness characterised by…
Hepatitis D
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, hepatitis D means infection with the hepatitis D virus, as a co-infection or superinfection with the hepatitis B virus, resulting in:…
Hepatitis a infection
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, hepatitis A infection means infection with the hepatitis A virus resulting in an acute, symptomatic, clinical illness characterised by…
Hepatitis e infection
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, hepatitis E infection means infection with the hepatitis E virus resulting in an illness characterised by inflammation of the liver, and…
Hiatus hernia
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, hiatus hernia: (a) means an acquired protrusion of intra-abdominal tissue through the oesophageal hiatus of the diaphragm into the…
Incisional hernia
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, incisional hernia means: (a) a protrusion of intra-abdominal tissue through a fascial defect in the abdominal wall at the site of a…
Inflammatory bowel disease
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, inflammatory bowel disease: (a) means a chronic, relapsing and remitting inflammatory autoimmune disorder of the gastrointestinal tract;…
Irritable bowel syndrome
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, irritable bowel syndrome means recurrent abdominal pain occurring on average at least one day per week for at least three months, where…
Mesenteric panniculitis
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, mesenteric panniculitis: (a) means an inflammatory condition of the fatty layer (panniculus) that underlies the mesentery, omentum and…
Peritoneal adhesions
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, peritoneal adhesions: (a) means acquired permanent abnormal fibrous connections between abdominal organs or between abdominal organs and…
Pilonidal sinus
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, pilonidal sinus: (a) means an inflammatory tissue reaction of the skin to an embedded hair which is manifested by the development of a…
Steatohepatitis
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, steatohepatitis: (a) means the presence of fatty change and inflammation of the liver with hepatocyte injury, with or without fibrosis;…
Umbilical hernia
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, umbilical hernia means: (a) a protrusion of intra-abdominal tissue through an incompletely closed or weakened umbilical ring; and (b)…
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