What can I claim secondary to non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease?
1 condition in the Repatriation Medical Authority's Statements of Principles list non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease as a factor. If DVA has accepted your non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease, each of these has a documented pathway to a further claim.
At a glance
- Accepted conditionNon-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease
- 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 non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease, and another condition's SoP lists non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease 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 non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease 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.
Aortic aneurysm and aortic wall disorders
RH No. 21 of 2021 · BoP No. 22 of 2021
Reasonable Hypothesis — factor (16): “having non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease at the time of the clinical onset of aortic aneurysm or an aortic wall disorder” [clinical onset]
Balance of Probabilities — factor (13): “having non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease at the time of the clinical onset of aortic aneurysm or an aortic wall disorder” [clinical onset]
Other accepted conditions that also open aortic aneurysm and aortic wall disorders
If any of these is also on your file, it reaches some of the same conditions non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease does.
What DVA means by non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease
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.
Non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease, for the purposes of the Statement of Principles, for the purposes of this Statement of Principles, non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease means atherosclerosis of the abdominal aorta which causes partial or complete occlusion of the aorta and either: (a) warrants medical treatment; or (b) results in at least one of the following clinical manifestations: (i) claudication in the lower back, buttocks, hips, thighs or calves; (ii) erectile dysfunction; (iii) pallor and coldness of the lower extremities; or (iv) reduced pulsation in the femoral arteries. (3) While non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease attracts ICD-10-AM code I70.0, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease 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(19) to 9(37) apply only to material contribution to, or aggravation of, non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease where it was already present before or during service. If service caused non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease outright, those factors are not available to you.
RH No. 52 of 2020 · BoP No. 53 of 2020 · 23 factors
Every factor in the non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease SoP →
What could support a claim for non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease?
The Statement of Principles for non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease names 4 other conditions among its own factors. If any of these is already accepted on your file, it may be the factor that carries a non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease claim — quoted here from the instrument.
Hypertension
Reasonable Hypothesis — factor (1): “having hypertension before the clinical onset of non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease” [clinical onset]
Reasonable Hypothesis — factor (19): “having hypertension before the clinical worsening of non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease” [worsening]
Diabetes mellitus
Reasonable Hypothesis — factor (2): “having diabetes mellitus before the clinical onset of non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease” [clinical onset]
Reasonable Hypothesis — factor (20): “having diabetes mellitus before the clinical worsening of non- aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease” [worsening]
Hepatitis C
Reasonable Hypothesis — factor (15): “having infection with human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis C virus at the time of the clinical onset of non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease” [clinical onset]
Reasonable Hypothesis — factor (33): “having infection with human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis C virus at the time of the clinical worsening of non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease” [worsening]
Periodontitis
Reasonable Hypothesis — factor (16): “having periodontitis for at least the two years before the clinical onset of non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease” [clinical onset]
Reasonable Hypothesis — factor (34): “having periodontitis for at least the two years before the clinical worsening of non-aneurysmal aortic atherosclerotic disease” [worsening]
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