What can I claim secondary to cervical intervertebral disc prolapse?
1 condition in the Repatriation Medical Authority's Statements of Principles list cervical intervertebral disc prolapse as a factor. If DVA has accepted your cervical intervertebral disc prolapse, each of these has a documented pathway to a further claim.
At a glance
- Accepted conditionCervical intervertebral disc prolapse
- Conditions it may open1
- SourceRMA SoPs
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How a secondary claim works
Some Statement of Principles factors are not about service at all — they name another condition. Where DVA has already accepted your cervical intervertebral disc prolapse, and another condition's SoP lists cervical intervertebral disc prolapse as a factor, that part of the next claim is already established on your file. How a secondary claim works, in full →
Conditions that list cervical intervertebral disc prolapse as a factor
Quoted from the instrument. A pathway existing is not the same as a claim succeeding — each factor carries thresholds your record has to satisfy.
Cervical spondylosis
RH No. 11 of 2023 · BoP No. 12 of 2023
Reasonable Hypothesis — factor (10): “having a cervical intervertebral disc prolapse at least 6 months before the clinical onset of cervical spondylosis at the level of the intervertebral disc prolapse” [clinical onset] — factor (27): “having a cervical intervertebral disc prolapse at least 6 months before the clinical worsening of cervical spondylosis at the level of the intervertebral disc prolapse” [worsening]
Balance of Probabilities — factor (9): “having a cervical intervertebral disc prolapse at least 6 months before the clinical onset of cervical spondylosis at the level of the intervertebral disc prolapse” [clinical onset] — factor (24): “having a cervical intervertebral disc prolapse at least 6 months before the clinical worsening of cervical spondylosis at the level of the intervertebral disc prolapse” [worsening]
What else opens further claims
- Conditions secondary to diabetes mellitus
- Conditions secondary to hypertension
- Conditions secondary to moderate to severe traumatic brain injury
- Conditions secondary to alcohol use disorder
- Conditions secondary to cirrhosis of the liver
- Conditions secondary to hepatitis c
- Conditions secondary to depressive disorder
- Conditions secondary to sarcoidosis
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Frequently asked questions
Does this mean I will be accepted for these conditions?
No. It means the legislation contains a pathway. The factor still has to be met on your evidence, and the new condition still has to be diagnosed by a qualified practitioner.
Do I need a new diagnosis for each one?
Yes. DVA cannot accept liability for a condition that has not been diagnosed. If something here matches symptoms you have been living with, that is the conversation to have with a doctor.
Is this the same as an aggravation claim?
No. Aggravation is where service worsened a condition you already had. A sequela is a separate condition arising from one already accepted, claimed in its own right with its own SoP.
Where does this information come from?
The Repatriation Medical Authority Statements of Principles, as held in our SoP Library. We index the factor text of all 357 instruments. SoPs are amended regularly — confirm the current instrument before relying on it.
What should I do next?
Have your record read against these pathways. A chart review establishes which are actually provable, with the page reference behind each one.
What DVA means by cervical intervertebral disc prolapse
A claim is tested against the definition first. If the diagnosis on your file does not meet this wording, the factors below never get reached — so it is worth checking that what your doctor wrote matches what the instrument requires.
Cervical intervertebral disc prolapse, for the purposes of the Statement of Principles, this Statement of Principles applies to cervical intervertebral disc prolapse that has been diagnosed on the basis of: (a) clinical manifestations of local pain and stiffness, or symptoms and signs of cervical spinal cord compression or cervical nerve root compression; and (b) imaging evidence of cervical intervertebral disc prolapse, including protrusion, herniation, extrusion or rupture of the nucleus pulposus or annulus fibrosis of a cervical intervertebral disc into the vertebral canal of the cervical spine.
Aggravation-only factors. In this instrument, subsections 9(7) to 9(13) apply only to material contribution to, or aggravation of, cervical intervertebral disc prolapse where it was already present before or during service. If service caused cervical intervertebral disc prolapse outright, those factors are not available to you.
RH No. 66 of 2023 · BoP No. 67 of 2023 · 13 factors
Every factor in the cervical intervertebral disc prolapse SoP →
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