21.2.4 First date of incapacity for work
The first date of incapacity for work, is in respect of the disease claimed (not an original injury), and can usually be established from evidence on file, e.g. s — ick leave records, a claim for compensation.
Note that 'incapacity for work' is defined in S4(9) as being:
a)an incapacity to engage in any work, or
b)an incapacity to engage in work at the same level at which he or she was engaged by the Commonwealth or a licensed corporation in that work or any other work immediately before the injury happened.
Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-srca-manuals-and-resources-library/liability-handbook/ch-21-diseases-nexus-work/212-date-disease/2124-first-date-incapacity-work