6.7.1 Separate claim for each separate incident causing injury

Many ADF members with long service may have received more than a single injury during their service. The structure of the SRCA is such that a claim for compensation is made in respect to each individual instance of injury, disease etc. and the determination of li — a — bility for each instance of injury is essentially independent of the others. Unlike disability compensation under the VEA, each concession of liability carries with it a separate suite of financial entitlements (e.g. a new entitlement to a PI payment). No — t — e, however, that incapacity benefits can not be double-paid, i.e. incapacity compensation can not be paid simultaneously for different injuries.

For these reasons, Delegates must make separate determinations of liability in respect to each claim for inju — ry and raise a separate file for each claim.