What can I claim secondary to colorectal adenoma?
1 condition in the Repatriation Medical Authority's Statements of Principles list colorectal adenoma as a factor. If DVA has accepted your colorectal adenoma, each of these has a documented pathway to a further claim.
At a glance
- Accepted conditionColorectal adenoma
- Conditions it may open1
- SourceRMA SoPs
- Chart Review$600 + GST
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 colorectal adenoma, and another condition's SoP lists colorectal adenoma 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 colorectal adenoma 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.
Malignant neoplasm of the colon and rectum
RH No. 19 of 2022 · BoP No. 20 of 2022
Reasonable Hypothesis — factor (2): “having a colorectal adenoma involving the affected part of the colon or rectum before the clinical onset of malignant neoplasm of the colon or rectum” [clinical onset]
Balance of Probabilities — factor (2): “having a colorectal adenoma involving the affected part of the colon or rectum before the clinical onset of malignant neoplasm of the colon or rectum” [clinical onset]
Other accepted conditions that also open malignant neoplasm of the colon and rectum
If any of these is also on your file, it reaches some of the same conditions colorectal adenoma does.
What DVA means by colorectal adenoma
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.
Colorectal adenoma, for the purposes of the Statement of Principles, for the purposes of this Statement of Principles, colorectal adenoma: (a) means a benign neoplasm arising from the epithelial cells of the colorectum; and (b) includes: (i) adenomatous polyp; (ii) sessile serrated adenoma; and (iii) traditional serrated adenoma; and (c) excludes: (i) benign neoplasms of the anus and anal canal; (ii) familial adenomatous polyposis; (iii) non-neoplastic polyps of the colon; (iv) nonepithelial neoplasms of the colon; and (v) non-polypoid dysplasia. (3) While colorectal adenoma attracts ICD-10-AM code D12.0, D12.1, D12.2, D12.3, D12.4, D12.5, D12.7 or D12.8, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of colorectal adenoma is that given in subsection (2). (4) For subsection (3), a reference to an ICD-10-AM code is a reference to the code assigned to a particular kind of injury or disease in The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM), Tenth Edition, effective date of 1 July 2017, copyrighted by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, ISBN 978-1-76007-296-4.
Aggravation-only factors. In this instrument, subsections 9(9) apply only to material contribution to, or aggravation of, colorectal adenoma where it was already present before or during service. If service caused colorectal adenoma outright, those factors are not available to you.
RH No. 15 of 2022 · BoP No. 16 of 2022 · 7 factors
What could support a claim for colorectal adenoma?
The Statement of Principles for colorectal adenoma names 1 other condition among its own factors. If any of these is already accepted on your file, it may be the factor that carries a colorectal adenoma claim — quoted here from the instrument.
Diabetes mellitus
Reasonable Hypothesis — factor (4): “having diabetes mellitus for at least 5 years before the clinical onset of colorectal adenoma” [clinical onset]
Balance of Probabilities — factor (4): “having diabetes mellitus for at least 5 years before the clinical onset of colorectal adenoma” [clinical onset]
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