4.1.1 Overview of Disability Compensation Payment Eligibility

What is the Disability Compensation Payment (formerly known as Disability Pension)?

A Disability Compensation Payment is paid to compensate a veteran, member of the Forces, member of a Peacekeeping Force or Australian mariner for injuries or diseases caused or aggravated by war service or certain defence service on behalf of Australia.    

Categories of Disability Compensation Payment

There are four categories of the disability compensation payment:

• General Rate,
• Extreme Disablement Adjustment,
• Intermediate Rate, and,
• Special Rate.

General Rate

The General Rate is the scale of compensation that takes into account the medical impairment and life style effects of an accepted condition or conditions. It does not have regard to whether or not a veteran is employed.    

Extreme Disablement Adjustment

The Extreme Disablement Adjustment compensates a person who is extremely disabled and in receipt of the 100 per cent general rate disability compensation payment, but whose accepted disabilities have further degenerated after age 65.    

Intermediate Rate

The intermediate rate provides a rate of pension to bridge the gap between the general rate and the special rate for former serving members capable of part-time or intermittent work only.    

Special Rate

The special rate of disability compensation payment provides compensation to a person who is unable to resume or continue in paid work for periods of more than eight hours per week due to:

• total and permanent incapacity, or
• total and temporary incapacity.    
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  Special Rate (T&PI or TTI)

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Specific Disability Allowance

The Specific Disability Allowance increases the rate of Disability Compensation Payment paid for certain war-caused or defence-caused amputations, or amputations and/or loss of sight.