9.8.2 What is GARP?
What is GARP?
GARP is the legislative instrument used by decision-makers to determine the amount of Disability Compensation Payment to pay a veteran in respect of incapacity from war-caused or defence-caused injuries and diseases. It looks at the medical impairment suffered as a result of war-caused disabilities and the effect on the veteran's lifestyle. Its provisions are binding on the Repatriation Commission, the Veterans' Review Board and the Administrative Review Tribunal.
Content of GARP
GARP contains:
- criteria against which the degree of incapacity of the veteran resulting from war-caused injury or disease, or both, shall be assessed, and
- methods by which the degree of this incapacity, shall be expressed as a percentage.
Assessment of degree of incapacity
The two elements of the assessment of the degree of incapacity using GARP are:
medical impairment, and
lifestyle effects
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