Hereditary spherocytosis

Hereditary spherocytosis — DVA SoP factors

Every factor in the Repatriation Medical Authority Statements of Principles for Hereditary spherocytosis. DVA can only accept a claim for Hereditary spherocytosis 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. 41 of 2023 · BoP No. 42 of 20236 factors

Meaning of hereditary spherocytosis: For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, hereditary spherocytosis means a group of genetic disorders of red blood cells, involving the production of spherical red blood cells which are susceptible to haemolysis.

Reasonable Hypothesis (RH) — Statement of Principles No. 41 of 2023

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 hereditary spherocytosis or death from hereditary spherocytosis with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:

(1)
having an acute viral infection within the 6 weeks before the clinical worsening of hereditary spherocytosis;
(2)
being pregnant within the 6 weeks before the clinical worsening of hereditary spherocytosis;
(3)
inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for hereditary spherocytosis;

Aggravation-only factors: the factors in subsections 9(1) to 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. 42 of 2023

3 factors

At least one of the following factors must exist before it can be said that, on the balance of probabilities, hereditary spherocytosis or death from hereditary spherocytosis is connected with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:

(1)
having an acute viral infection within the 6 weeks before the clinical worsening of hereditary spherocytosis;
(2)
being pregnant within the 6 weeks before the clinical worsening of hereditary spherocytosis;
(3)
inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for hereditary spherocytosis;

Accepted — what is it worth?

A Statement of Principles decides one thing only: whether DVA accepts liability for hereditary spherocytosis. 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.