What can I claim secondary to subdural haematoma?
1 condition in the Repatriation Medical Authority's Statements of Principles list subdural haematoma as a factor. If DVA has accepted your subdural haematoma, each of these has a documented pathway to a further claim.
At a glance
- Accepted conditionSubdural haematoma
- 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 subdural haematoma, and another condition's SoP lists subdural haematoma 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 subdural haematoma 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.
Spinal adhesive arachnoiditis
RH No. 74 of 2020 · BoP No. 75 of 2020
Reasonable Hypothesis — factor (14): “having a spinal subdural haematoma at the affected site within the two years before the clinical onset of spinal adhesive arachnoiditis” [clinical onset] — factor (30): “having a spinal subdural haematoma at the affected site within the two years before the clinical worsening of spinal adhesive arachnoiditis” [worsening]
Balance of Probabilities — factor (12): “having a spinal subdural haematoma at the affected site within the two years before the clinical onset of spinal adhesive arachnoiditis” [clinical onset] — factor (24): “having a spinal subdural haematoma at the affected site within the two years before the clinical worsening of spinal adhesive arachnoiditis” [worsening]
Other accepted conditions that also open spinal adhesive arachnoiditis
If any of these is also on your file, it reaches some of the same conditions subdural haematoma does.
What DVA means by subdural haematoma
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.
Subdural haematoma, for the purposes of the Statement of Principles, for the purposes of this Statement of Principles, subdural haematoma: (a) means bleeding into the space between the dura mater and the arachnoid mater in the skull or spinal cord; and (b) includes acute and chronic forms of subdural haematoma; and (c) excludes bleeding from a neoplasm and an extension of bleeding into the subdural space from subarachnoid haemorrhage or from an intracerebral haemorrhage. (3) While subdural haematoma attracts ICD-10-AM code S06.5 or I62.0, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of subdural haematoma 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.
Note the exclusion. This instrument expressly excludes bleeding from a neoplasm and an extension of bleeding into the subdural space from subarachnoid haemorrhage or from an intracerebral haemorrhage. A diagnosis of that is not a diagnosis of subdural haematoma, and a claim framed the wrong way fails on the definition before any factor is considered.
Aggravation-only factors. In this instrument, subsections 9(10) apply only to material contribution to, or aggravation of, subdural haematoma where it was already present before or during service. If service caused subdural haematoma outright, those factors are not available to you.
RH No. 100 of 2019 · BoP No. 101 of 2019 · 9 factors
What could support a claim for subdural haematoma?
The Statement of Principles for subdural haematoma names 2 other conditions among its own factors. If any of these is already accepted on your file, it may be the factor that carries a subdural haematoma claim — quoted here from the instrument.
Alcohol use disorder
Reasonable Hypothesis — factor (1): “for intracranial subdural haematoma only: (a) experiencing head trauma within the four months before the clinical onset of subdural haematoma; (b) having intracranial neurosurgery or penetrating cranial trauma within the 30 days before the clinical onset of subdural haematoma; (c) having active epilepsy at the time of the clinical onset of subdural haematoma; (d) having an epileptic seizure within the four months before the clinical onset of subdural haematoma; (e) having a specified form of dementia at the time of the clinical onset of subdural haematoma; or (f) having alcohol use disorder at the time of the clinical onset of subdural haematoma” [clinical onset]
Balance of Probabilities — factor (1): “for intracranial subdural haematoma only: (a) experiencing head trauma within the two months before the clinical onset of subdural haematoma; (b) having intracranial neurosurgery or penetrating cranial trauma within the two weeks before the clinical onset of subdural haematoma; (c) having active epilepsy at the time of the clinical onset of subdural haematoma; (d) having an epileptic seizure within the two months before the clinical onset of subdural haematoma; (e) having a specified form of dementia at the time of the clinical onset of subdural haematoma; or (f) having alcohol use disorder at the time of the clinical onset of subdural haematoma” [clinical onset]
Diabetes mellitus
Reasonable Hypothesis — factor (9): “having diabetes mellitus at the time of the clinical onset of subdural haematoma” [clinical onset]
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