Benign prostatic hyperplasia

Benign prostatic hyperplasia — DVA SoP factors

Every factor in the Repatriation Medical Authority Statements of Principles for Benign prostatic hyperplasia. DVA can only accept a claim for Benign prostatic hyperplasia if at least one of these factors is met and connected to your service. Reasonable Hypothesis (RH) applies to operational service; Balance of Probabilities (BoP) applies to peacetime service.

Source: Repatriation Medical Authority Statements of Principles as held by the Veterans Health Centre. SoPs are amended and replaced regularly; always confirm the current instrument at rma.gov.au before relying on it.

RH No. 13 of 2025 · BoP No. 14 of 20254 factors

Meaning of benign prostatic hyperplasia: For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, benign prostatic hyperplasia: (a) means a benign hyperplasia of the prostate glandular and stromal tissue which can cause obstruction of urine outflow; and (b) excludes: (i) malignant neoplasm of the prostate; (ii) overactive bladder; and (iii) prostatitis.

Reasonable Hypothesis (RH) — Statement of Principles No. 13 of 2025

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 benign prostatic hyperplasia or death from benign prostatic hyperplasia with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:

(1)
inability to undertake any physical activity greater than 3 METs for at least the 5 years before clinical onset;
Note: MET (metabolic equivalent) is a unit of measure of the level of physical capability of the cardiorespiratory system. For example, 1 MET = cardiorespiratory effort associated with a person sitting, 3-4 METs = cardiorespiratory effort associated with a person walking at average walking pace (5 km/h) or light gardening.
(2)
having chronic inflammatory prostatitis within the 8 years before clinical onset;
(3)
inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for benign prostatic hyperplasia before clinical worsening;

Aggravation-only factors: the factors in subsection 9(3) 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. 14 of 2025

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The following factor must exist before it can be said that, on the balance of probabilities, benign prostatic hyperplasia or death from benign prostatic hyperplasia is connected with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:

(1)
inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for benign prostatic hyperplasia before clinical worsening;

Aggravation-only factors: the factors in subsection 9(1) 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.

Accepted — what is it worth?

A Statement of Principles decides one thing only: whether DVA accepts liability for benign prostatic hyperplasia. It says nothing about how much you are paid. Compensation is worked out separately, from impairment points under the GARP — so a condition can be accepted and still rate few points, or rate more than you expect once it is combined with everything else on your file.