Allergic rhinitis
Meaning of allergic rhinitis: For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, allergic rhinitis: (a) means symptomatic inflammation of the nasal mucosa associated with allergen exposure and mediated by an immunoglobulin E (IgE) allergic response; and (b) includes: (i) intermittent (seasonal) allergic rhinitis; (ii) local allergic rhinitis; (iii) occupational allergic rhinitis; and (iv) persistent (perennial) allergic rhinitis; and (c) excludes: (i) allergic fungal rhinosinusitis; (ii) eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis; (iii) non-allergic rhinitis; and (iv) vasomotor rhinitis.
Reasonable Hypothesis (RH) — Statement of Principles No. 111 of 2022
At least one of the following factors must as a minimum exist before it can be said that a reasonable hypothesis has been raised connecting allergic rhinitis or death from allergic rhinitis with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
- (1)being exposed to an allergenic stimulus within the 24 hours before the clinical onset of allergic rhinitis;
Note: allergenic stimulus is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
- (2)having a sensitising exposure to an allergen before the clinical onset of allergic rhinitis;
Note: sensitising exposure to an allergen is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
- (3)being exposed to an allergenic stimulus within the 24 hours before the clinical worsening of allergic rhinitis;
Note: allergenic stimulus is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
- (4)inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for allergic rhinitis;
Aggravation-only factors: the factors in subsections 9(3) and 9(4) apply only to material contribution to, or aggravation of, the condition where it was suffered or contracted before or during (but did not arise out of) the person’s relevant service.
Balance of Probabilities (BoP) — Statement of Principles No. 112 of 2022
4 factors
At least one of the following factors must exist before it can be said that, on the balance of probabilities, allergic rhinitis or death from allergic rhinitis is connected with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
- (1)being exposed to an allergenic stimulus within the 24 hours before the clinical onset of allergic rhinitis;
Note: allergenic stimulus is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
- (2)having a sensitising exposure to an allergen before the clinical onset of allergic rhinitis;
Note: sensitising exposure to an allergen is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
- (3)being exposed to an allergenic stimulus within the 24 hours before the clinical worsening of allergic rhinitis;
Note: allergenic stimulus is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
- (4)inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for allergic rhinitis;
Aggravation-only factors: the factors in subsections 9(3) and 9(4) apply only to material contribution to, or aggravation of, the condition where it was suffered or contracted before or during (but did not arise out of) the person’s relevant service.
