What can I claim secondary to deep vein thrombosis?
3 conditions in the Repatriation Medical Authority's Statements of Principles list deep vein thrombosis as a factor. If DVA has accepted your deep vein thrombosis, each of these has a documented pathway to a further claim.
At a glance
- Accepted conditionDeep vein thrombosis
- Conditions it may open3
- 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 deep vein thrombosis, and another condition's SoP lists deep vein thrombosis 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 deep vein thrombosis 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.
Cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
RH No. 45 of 2024 · BoP No. 46 of 2024
Reasonable Hypothesis — factor (26): “having a deep vein thrombosis or venous air embolism with one of the following anatomical defects at the time of clinical onset: (a) atrial septal defect; (b) patent foramen ovale; (c) pulmonary arteriovenous fistula; or (d) ventricular septal defect” [clinical onset]
Balance of Probabilities — factor (23): “having a deep vein thrombosis or venous air embolism with one of the following anatomical defects at the time of clinical onset: (a) atrial septal defect; (b) patent foramen ovale; (c) pulmonary arteriovenous fistula; or (d) ventricular septal defect” [clinical onset]
Note: Examples of circumstances where venous air embolism may occur include air bubble echocardiogram, sclerotherapy for varicose veins or removal of a central venous catheter.
Chronic venous insufficiency of the lower limb and varicose veins of the lower limb
RH No. 7 of 2021 · BoP No. 8 of 2021
Reasonable Hypothesis — factor (1): “having deep vein thrombosis within a deep vein that drains the affected lower limb before the clinical onset of chronic venous insufficiency of the lower limb or varicose veins of the lower limb” [clinical onset] — factor (12): “having deep vein thrombosis within a deep vein that drains the affected lower limb before the clinical worsening of chronic venous insufficiency of the lower limb or varicose veins of the lower limb” [worsening]
Balance of Probabilities — factor (1): “having deep vein thrombosis within a deep vein that drains the affected lower limb before the clinical onset of chronic venous insufficiency of the lower limb or varicose veins of the lower limb” [clinical onset] — factor (11): “having deep vein thrombosis within a deep vein that drains the affected lower limb before the clinical worsening of chronic venous insufficiency of the lower limb or varicose veins of the lower limb” [worsening]
Note: deep vein that drains the affected lower limb is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
Pulmonary thromboembolism
RH No. 37 of 2021 · BoP No. 38 of 2021
Reasonable Hypothesis — factor (1): “having a deep vein thrombosis within the six months before the clinical onset of pulmonary thromboembolism” [clinical onset]
Balance of Probabilities — factor (1): “having a deep vein thrombosis within the three months before the clinical onset of pulmonary thromboembolism” [clinical onset]
Other accepted conditions that also open cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
If any of these is also on your file, it reaches some of the same conditions deep vein thrombosis does.
What DVA means by deep vein thrombosis
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.
Deep vein thrombosis, for the purposes of the Statement of Principles, for the purposes of this Statement of Principles, deep vein thrombosis: (a) means formation of a blood clot within the deep venous system; and (b) excludes thrombosis of the: (i) retinal veins; (ii) cerebral veins; (iii) pulmonary veins; (iv) hepatic vein; (v) renal veins; (vi) portal vein; and (vii) mesenteric veins.
Note the exclusion. This instrument expressly excludes thrombosis of the: (i) retinal veins; (ii) cerebral veins; (iii) pulmonary veins; (iv) hepatic vein; (v) renal veins; (vi) portal vein; and (vii) mesenteric veins. A diagnosis of that is not a diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis, and a claim framed the wrong way fails on the definition before any factor is considered.
Aggravation-only factors. In this instrument, subsections 9(32) apply only to material contribution to, or aggravation of, deep vein thrombosis where it was already present before or during service. If service caused deep vein thrombosis outright, those factors are not available to you.
RH No. 35 of 2021 · BoP No. 36 of 2021 · 27 factors
What could support a claim for deep vein thrombosis?
The Statement of Principles for deep vein thrombosis names 5 other conditions among its own factors. If any of these is already accepted on your file, it may be the factor that carries a deep vein thrombosis claim — quoted here from the instrument.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Reasonable Hypothesis — factor (11): “having chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the time of the clinical onset of deep vein thrombosis” [clinical onset]
Sleep apnoea
Reasonable Hypothesis — factor (12): “having sleep apnoea at the time of the clinical onset of deep vein thrombosis” [clinical onset]
Balance of Probabilities — factor (10): “having sleep apnoea at the time of the clinical onset of deep vein thrombosis” [clinical onset]
Hepatitis C
Reasonable Hypothesis — factor (15): “having infection with human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis C virus at the time of the clinical onset of deep vein thrombosis” [clinical onset]
Balance of Probabilities — factor (12): “having infection with human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis C virus at the time of the clinical onset of deep vein thrombosis” [clinical onset]
Tuberculosis
Reasonable Hypothesis — factor (16): “having active tuberculosis disease within the 30 days before the clinical onset of deep vein thrombosis” [clinical onset]
Diabetes mellitus
Reasonable Hypothesis — factor (19): “having diabetes mellitus at the time of the clinical onset of deep vein thrombosis” [clinical onset]
Balance of Probabilities — factor (15): “having diabetes mellitus at the time of the clinical onset of deep vein thrombosis” [clinical onset]
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