13.2.1 Former employees who cease payment and later re-establish entitlement
If a former employee ceased receiving incapacity payments (e.g. because of improvement in their condition) and subsequently re-establishes an entitlement to compensation, whether for the original injury or a fresh injury, they must continue to be treated as a former employee. The rule is:
'Once a former, always a former'
Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-srca-manuals-and-resources-library/incapacity-handbook/ch-13-former-employee/132-distinguishing-former-employees-others/1321-former-employees-who-cease-payment-and-later-re-establish-entitlement