5.16.7.4 Conditions included in the baseline

The baseline impairment rating does not necessarily consider all service-related conditions and their associated impairments under the DRCA and/or the VEA. The methodology in Chapter 26 of GARP M 2026 broadly ensures that multiple impairment ratings for the same compensated functional losses are not counted twice. This also ensures the baseline impairment rating is not unfairly inflated, causing unintended difficulties in reaching the five-point increase for additional MRCA PI compensation to be paid.