VEA ? [2]
If a person:
then the Commission may require the person or the person's partner to take action to claim the compensation. If the Commission does require the person or the person's partner to take reasonable action to claim or obtain the compensation then the pension is not payable to the person until they meet these requirements.
The person is considered to have taken reasonable action if they:
Even if a person may, in the Commission's opinion, be entitled to compensation, the Commission may not require a person to claim or receive compensation. Depending on the full circumstances of each case, acceptable reasons for a person not claiming compensation are:
In any of these situations, the pensioner's claims must be verified before the Commission's discretion to require the person to pursue compensation is not applied.
Links
[1] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=node/16130%23comment-form
[2] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16130#tgt-cspol_part9_ftn671
[3] clikpopup://DEF/Compensation affected pension (CAP)
[4] https://clik.dva.gov.au/service-eligibility-assistant-updates/all-determinations-order-date-signed-oldest-most-recent/determinations-under-vea
[5] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16130#ref-cspol_part9_ftn671