Rheumatic fever

Rheumatic heart disease - Rheumatic fever Factor

Last reviewed for CCPS 03 October 1995.

Preliminary questions [11408]

103 the veteran has had rheumatic fever at some time.

11309 — rheumatic fever means a febrile disease occurring as a delayed sequela of infections with group A beta-hemolytic streptococci and characterised by multiple focal inflammatory lesions of connective tissue especially involving the heart, blood vessels and joints with resultant arthritis, chorea, or carditis appearing alone or in combination, and attracting ICD codes 390, 391, or 392. [Default true]

11321 the veteran suffered from the identified illness or injury, a type of rheumatic fever, before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.

11313 — the veteran has established the causal connection between the identified illness or injury, a type of rheumatic fever, and VEA service for the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.

11317 — the veteran has established the causal connection between the identified illness or injury, a type of rheumatic fever, and operational service for the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.

or

11318 — the veteran has established the causal connection between the identified illness or injury, a type of rheumatic fever, and eligible service for the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.

Clinical onset and operational service [11317]

11323 — the identified illness or injury, a type of rheumatic fever, is causally related to operational service.

Clinical onset and eligible service [11318]

11324 — the identified illness or injury, a type of rheumatic fever, is causally related to eligible service.