Warts
Meaning of warts: For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, warts: (a) means abnormal benign hyperplastic lesions of the skin or mucous membranes caused by human papillomavirus infection; and (b) includes: (i) flat warts, filiform or digitate warts; (ii) plantar warts (including mosaic); and (iii) anogenital warts (condyloma acuminatum); and (c) excludes: (i) seborrheic keratosis; (ii) skin cancers; (iii) keratoacanthoma; (iv) skin tags; and (v) papilloma of the bladder.
Reasonable Hypothesis (RH) — Statement of Principles No. 7 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 warts or death from warts with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
- (1)having direct physical contact with another person's cutaneous warts, within the 20 months before the clinical onset of warts;
Note: direct physical contact is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
- (2)for warts affecting the cervix uteri only, having penetrative sexual intercourse with a person with genital warts within the 20 months before the clinical onset of warts;
- (3)for warts affecting the anogenital region only, having contact with the anogenital warts of another person within the 20 months before the clinical onset of warts;
- (4)for warts affecting the oral cavity or the larynx only, having oral sex with a person with anogenital warts within the 20 months before the clinical onset of warts;
- (5)for plantar warts only, using communal showering or bathing facilities within the 20 months before the clinical onset of warts;
- (6)for warts on the hands only, using shared gloves or shared utensils on more days than not for 3 months in the preparation of meat, poultry or fish for consumption, within the 20 months before the clinical onset of warts;
- (7)being in an immunocompromised state as specified at the time of the clinical onset of warts;
Note: immunocompromised state as specified is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
- (8)being in an immunocompromised state as specified at the time of the clinical worsening of warts;
Note: immunocompromised state as specified is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
- (9)inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for warts;
Aggravation-only factors: the factors in subsections 9(8) and 9(9) 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. 8 of 2023
9 factors
At least one of the following factors must exist before it can be said that, on the balance of probabilities, warts or death from warts is connected with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
- (1)having direct physical contact with another person's cutaneous warts, within the 12 months before the clinical onset of warts;
Note: direct physical contact is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
- (2)for warts affecting the cervix uteri only, having penetrative sexual intercourse with a person with genital warts within the 12 months before the clinical onset of warts;
- (3)for warts affecting the anogenital region only, having contact with the anogenital warts of another person within the 12 months before the clinical onset of warts;
- (4)for warts affecting the oral cavity or the larynx only, having oral sex with a person with anogenital warts within the 12 months before the clinical onset of warts;
- (5)for plantar warts only, using communal showering or bathing facilities within the 12 months before the clinical onset of warts;
- (6)for warts on the hands only, using shared gloves or shared utensils on more days than not for 3 months in the preparation of meat, poultry or fish for consumption, within the 12 months before the clinical onset of warts;
- (7)being in an immunocompromised state as specified at the time of the clinical onset of warts;
Note: immunocompromised state as specified is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
- (8)being in an immunocompromised state as specified at the time of the clinical worsening of warts;
Note: immunocompromised state as specified is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
- (9)inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for warts;
Aggravation-only factors: the factors in subsections 9(8) and 9(9) 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.
