Streamlining

Streamlining is where certain conditions can be accepted as service-related under the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (MRCA) and the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (VEA) when all of the following criteria are met:

Streamlined sequela conditions

Sequelae are medical conditions which arise from other medical conditions.

Many SOPs contain factors requiring another condition to be present at the time of onset of a sequela. If that causal condition is service-related, then a connection to service for the sequela may be established.

If the relevant causal condition has been accepted as service-related by DVA and the causal condition has onset before or at the time of the onset of the sequela condition, the claim may be streamlined without further investigation.

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