What can I claim secondary to sickle-cell disorder?
1 condition in the Repatriation Medical Authority's Statements of Principles list sickle-cell disorder as a factor. If DVA has accepted your sickle-cell disorder, each of these has a documented pathway to a further claim.
At a glance
- Accepted conditionSickle-cell disorder
- 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 sickle-cell disorder, and another condition's SoP lists sickle-cell disorder 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 sickle-cell disorder 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.
Hypogonadism
RH No. 73 of 2021 · BoP No. 74 of 2021
Reasonable Hypothesis — factor (16): “having sickle-cell disorder before the clinical onset of hypogonadism” [clinical onset] — factor (54): “having sickle-cell disorder before the clinical worsening of hypogonadism” [worsening]
Balance of Probabilities — factor (14): “having sickle-cell disorder before the clinical onset of hypogonadism” [clinical onset] — factor (44): “having sickle-cell disorder before the clinical worsening of hypogonadism” [worsening]
Other accepted conditions that also open hypogonadism
If any of these is also on your file, it reaches some of the same conditions sickle-cell disorder does.
What DVA means by sickle-cell disorder
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.
Sickle-cell disorder, for the purposes of the Statement of Principles, for the purposes of this Statement of Principles, sickle-cell disorder means: (a) a genetic disorder leading to the production of haemoglobin S (HbS), a defective form of haemoglobin; and includes: (b) sickle-cell disease, in which there are two copies of the HbS gene (HbSS); and (c) sickle-cell trait, in which there is one copy of the HbS gene and one normal gene (HbSA); and (d) double heterozygous sickling disorders, in which there is one copy of the HbS gene plus one copy of another β-globin gene variant.
Aggravation-only factors. In this instrument, subsections 9(1) to 9(7) apply only to material contribution to, or aggravation of, sickle-cell disorder where it was already present before or during service. If service caused sickle-cell disorder outright, those factors are not available to you.
RH No. 40 of 2017 · BoP No. 41 of 2017 · 6 factors
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