Huntington disease
Meaning of huntington disease: For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, Huntington disease means a genetic disorder of the brain, which involves progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the basal ganglia and cortex, leading to motor, emotional and cognitive dysfunction. (3) While Huntington disease attracts ICD-10-AM code G10, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of Huntington disease 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.
Reasonable Hypothesis (RH) — Statement of Principles No. 49 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 Huntington disease or death from Huntington disease with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
- (1)inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for Huntington disease;
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.
Balance of Probabilities (BoP) — Statement of Principles No. 50 of 2023
1 factors
At least one of the following factors must exist before it can be said that, on the balance of probabilities, Huntington disease or death from Huntington disease is connected with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
- (1)inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for Huntington disease;
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.
