10.3.4 'medical, surgical or other similar aid or appliance' - paragraph (f)

This would include, for example, orthopaedic shoes, hearing aids, crutches and wheelchairs.

Spectacles are an 'aid or appliance' under this paragraph and also are 'curative apparatus' under paragraph (h): Moore and Telstra Corporation Limited (1998).

Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-srca-manuals-and-resources-library/medical-treatment-handbook/ch-10-definitions/103-what-constitutes-medical-treatment/1034-medical-surgical-or-other-similar-aid-or-appliance-paragraph-f