Assessment Period (s19) -

  1. All the Special Rate criteria or Intermediate Rate criteria must be met at the same point in time within the assessment period. The assessment period:
  • begins on the day the formal claim for pension or application for increase in pension is lodged; and
  • ends on the day the claim is determined.

  1. A claim or application is lodged when it is received at an office of the Department of Veterans' Affairs in Australia (see s 5T of the VEA).


Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-reference-library/commission-guidelines/cm6882-special-rate-and-intermediate-rate-pension/part-one-overview/assessment-period-s19