VeRBosity
Journal of the Veterans' Review Board
Contents
Volume 15 No 1
Editor's notes
Veterans' Review Board Principal Member reappointed
Defence service in South East Asia in the period 1955-1975 to be reviewed
Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Kopacz, A J Rhodes, D A Crowe, M Hypertension - inability to obtain appropriate clinical management Federal Court of Australia Proctor Queensland coastal waters - whether operational service outside Australia Graham Qualifying service - whether "allotted for duty" with Far East Strategic Reserve Nolan Shelton Morris Extreme disablement adjustment - lifestyle rating insufficient Jenkins McKenna Statements of Principles - chain of causation - sub-hypothesis Statements of Principles
This edition of VeRBosity contains reports on seven Federal Court decisions
relating to veterans' matters handed down in the period from 1 January to 31 March 1999.
In McKenna, the Full Court deals with the correct application of Statements of
Principles where an hypothesis includes several sub-hypotheses. Shelton is
concerned with the construction of the Statements of Principles relating to psychoactive
substance abuse.
The case of Jenkins deals with whether the applicant was a dependant of a deceased veteran. Morris relates to the Extreme Disablement Adjustment.
Proctor relates to operational service in Australian coastal waters during World War 2. Graham and Nolan are concerned with provisions relating to the determination of qualifying service for service pension purposes.
This edition includes reports on selected AAT decisions handed down in the period from January to March 1999. Information is also included about new Statements of Principles issued by the Repatriation Medical Authority and matters currently under formal investigation.
Robert Kennedy
Editor
Production editor: Nicky Langhorne
HTML editor: Bruce Topperwien
Contributor: Robert Kennedy
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All opinions or commentary are the personal views of the Editor and are not necessarily those of the Board. Correspondence about the contents of VeRBosity may be directed to the Board's Principal Member or to the editor at the above address. Copies of decisions noted in this edition may be obtained from the Board on (02) 6285 1911.