Amendment Statement of Principles
concerning
TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDER
(Balance of Probabilities)
(No. 43 of 2020)
The Repatriation Medical Authority determines the following Amendment Statement of Principles under subsections 196B(3) and (8) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.
Dated 24 April 2020
The Common Seal of the
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Professor Nicholas Saunders AO Chairperson
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Contents
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Amendment
1 Name
This is the Amendment Statement of Principles concerning temporomandibular disorder (Balance of Probabilities) (No. 43 of 2020).
This instrument commences on 25 May 2020.
This instrument is made under subsections 196B(3) and (8) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.
The Statement of Principles concerning temporomandibular disorder (Balance of Probabilities) (No. 48 of 2018) (Federal Register of Legislation No. F2018L00541) is amended in the following manner:
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Schedule 1 – Dictionary | Replace the existing definition of "acute trauma" with the following: acute trauma means a discrete event involving the application of significant physical force to or through the affected structures, that causes: (a) damage to the joint, masticatory muscles and associated structures of the masticatory system; and (b) the development, within 24 hours of the event occurring, of symptoms and signs of pain, tenderness or altered range of movement of the joint and associated structures. In the case of sustained unconsciousness or the masking of pain by analgesic medication, these symptoms and signs must appear on return to consciousness or the withdrawal of the analgesic medication; or (c) distortion of the temporomandibular joint; or (d) fracture of the temporal bone or mandible. Note 1: Acute trauma includes craniotomy, osteotomy and reconstructive surgery involving the temporal bone or mandible, but excludes regular dental and orthodontic treatment. Note 2: masticatory muscles and associated structures of the masticatory system is also defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
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