Serving members who, while serving overseas, lodge a claim for rehabilitation and compensation will have their claim administered by the location in which they normally reside.
Note that since the commencement of the MRCA any injury sustained since 1 July 2004 will come under that Act and therefore there will be very few (if any) new claims for current serving members posted overseas under the SRCA.
Clients, who have lodged a claim, and then advise that they are taking up permanent residence overseas are to have their claim administered by the Location which handled their claim before the departure for overseas.
The function of administering and determining claims by persons who live overseas rests with the RCG State or Territory (regional) office where the claim is first received. For example, Adelaide office would continue to have primary responsibility for administration of a claim which is received in that office from a claimant living outside Australia. If the claimant were subsequently to return to Australia and live in NSW, the compensation file and responsibility for administration of the claim could be transferred from Adelaide office to Sydney office in accordance with the usual procedure for transferring files.
Links
[1] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=node/20489%23comment-form
[2] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=node/20348%23comment-form
[3] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=node/20080%23comment-form
[4] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=node/20233%23comment-form