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Repatriation Medical Authority Statement
Schizophrenia - Atomic radiation Factor
Last reviewed for CCPS 16 December 2009.
Preliminary questions [41227]
30275 there is some evidence that atomic radiation may be a factor in the development of the condition under consideration.
41325 — the veteran has established the causal connection between atomic radiation and operational service for the clinical onset of schizophrenia.
Clinical onset and operational service [41325]
41326 the veteran received a cumulative equivalent dose of at least 0.3 Sievert of atomic radiation to the brain.
the veteran received a cumulative equivalent dose of at least 0.3 Sievert of atomic radiation to the brain where this dose was accumulated at least four years before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration. the veteran's operational service made a material contribution to the cumulative equivalent dose of at least 0.3 Sievert of atomic radiation to the brain where this dose was accumulated at least four years before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration. the cumulative equivalent dose of at least 0.3 Sievert of atomic radiation to the brain, to which operational service made a material contribution and this dose was accumulated at least four years before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration, was due to the veteran's serious default, wilful act or serious breach of discipline.