SOP Bulletin No. 59

Decision Support Unit

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29 April 2002

RELEASE NOTES - CCPS VERSION 2002/04

Version 2002/04 of the Medical Knowledge Base for CCPS was released into production today.  This Bulletin provides a summary of the new and amended SOPs that this version of CCPS incorporates.  This Bulletin also details changes to some existing commentary.

New SOPs incorporated into CCPS	NIL
SOP amendments incorporated into CCPS	Asthma Bronchiectasis Chronic gastritis Malignant melanoma of the skin Malignant neoplasm of the lip epithelium Malignant neoplasm of the lung Motor neuron — e disease Otitis externa Solar keratosis
Enhancements of CCPS rulebases and commentary	Sensorineural hearing loss and Tinnitus Obesity

New SOPs incorporated into CCPS

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SOP amendments incorporated into CCPS

Malignant neoplasm of the lung

• The SOP factors for inhaling organic arsenic fumes, cadmium fumes, nickel fumes, hexavalent chromate fumes, beryllium fumes and bis(chloromethyl) ether or chloromethyl methyl ether fumes have been combined into one CCPS contention called inhaling fumes as specified for malignant neoplasm of the lung.

For information about the SOP see SOP Bulletin No. 50 of 4/6/01

The following SOP amendments have also been incorporated into CCPS but there are no noteworthy CCPS features:

Asthma

For information about the SOP see SOP Bulletin No. 55 of 26/11/01

Bronchiectasis

For information about the SOP see SOP Bulletin No. 51 of 20/8/01

Chronic gastritis

For information about the SOP see SOP Bulletin No. 52 of 13/9/01

Malignant melanoma of the skin

For information about the SOP see SOP Bulletin No. 50 of 4/6/01

Malignant neoplasm of the lip epithelium

For information about the SOP see SOP Bulletin No. 50 of 4/6/01

Motor neurone disease

For information about the SOP see SOP Bulletin No. 52 of 13/9/01

Otitis externa

For information about the SOP see SOP Bulletin No. 52 of 13/9/01

Solar keratosis

For information about the SOP see SOP Bulletin No. 50 of 4/6/01

Enhancements of CCPS rulebases and commentary

Sensorineural hearing loss and Tinnitus

The text of the Exposure to high noise levels hotword has been enhanced to include more examples of military occupations where there is likely to be a high level of noise exposure – at least to the level of 85 dBA – on any given day, within the normal work environment. This information is contained in a new hotword called Physical requirements, duties, and workplace hazards of specific military occupations. The text of the Examples of noise sources and measured noise levels has also been revised. Research into this topic is continuing and further enhancements are planned.

Obesity

A small change has been made to the text of the hotword  An environment which encourages caloric intake. This change reflects the view of the Policy, Eligibility and Research section that there can be other than physical conditions to an environment.  Thus, a psychiatric condition could be part of the set of circumstances in which the veteran lives thus becoming his environment. Psychiatric conditions can sometimes lead to alcohol abuse and the excessive intake of alcohol can sometimes result in obesity.

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