Part One | Part Two [2] | Part Three [3] | Attachment A [4] | Attachment B [5] | Attachment C [6] | Attachment D [7]
'The Special Rate of Pension may be granted to members of the Forces who have been blinded as the result of War Service, and to members who are totally and permanently incapacitated (i.e. incapacitated for life to such an extent as to be precluded from earning other than a negligible percentage of a living wage)'
'The special or TPI rate pension was designed for severely disabled veterans of a relatively young age who could never go back to work and could never hope to support themselves or their families or put away money for their old age. It was never intended that the TPI rate would become payable to a veteran who, having enjoyed a full working life after war service, then retires from work possibly with whatever superannuation or other retirement benefits are available to the Australian work force.
If a person has had the usual span of a working life or has retired voluntarily or has left employment for reasons other than accepted disabilities, a T&PI pension is not payable.'
The term accepted condition/s refers to both war-caused and defence-caused injury and war-caused and defence-caused disease.
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| Temporary Special Rate | Loss of Earnings Allowance |
Age | There are specific work history requirements for veterans aged 65 years and over.
As per Special Rate, if claiming at or over age 65, work requirements are based on the veteran's last paid work. | No age requirements/limits. |
Disability level
| Veteran is assessed at 70% incapacity or more due to accepted conditions.
| No minimum level of disability pension.
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Work capacity
| Veteran is temporarily incapable of undertaking remunerative work for more than 8 hours a week due to accepted conditions alone.
| No work capacity or work hours requirements. |
Work History | Veteran is prevented from continuing their remunerative work due to their accepted conditions alone.
If claiming at or over age 65, the veteran
| No work history or specific age requirements or limits. |
Loss | Loss of salary, wages or earnings as the veteran is prevented from continuing their remunerative work due to accepted conditions alone.
| Loss of salary, wages, or earnings due to the veteran (being absent from work):
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Duration | Paid during the period incapacity is likely to continue based on medical evidence. If granted, is subject to review prior to expiration of the scheduled payment period. | Paid for the period of actual lost salary, wages or earnings due to absence from work.
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Amount of Compensation | Statutory rate regardless of actual amount of earnings | The lesser of:
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Note: On 1 July 2017, the work restriction eligibility rules changed. The work history requirement for Special and Intermediate Rates of Disability Pension now just requires a period of 10 continuous years of work in any field or vocation prior to applying for the Special or Intermediate Rates of Disability Pension.
DVA Rehabilitation Policy and Procedure Guide
Chapter 12 The Veterans' Vocational Rehabilitation Scheme (VVRS) [22]
DVA Rehabilitation Policy and Procedure Guide
Chapter 12 The Veterans' Vocational Rehabilitation Scheme (VVRS) [22]
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[2] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-reference-library/commission-guidelines/cm6882-special-rate-and-intermediate-rate-pension/part-two-determination-cases-where-veteran-aged-under-65-time-lodging-claim
[3] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-reference-library/commission-guidelines/cm6882-special-rate-and-intermediate-rate-pension/part-three-determination-cases-where-veteran-age-65-or-over-time-lodging-claim
[4] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-reference-library/commission-guidelines/cm6882-special-rate-and-intermediate-rate-pension/attachment-decision-tree-agr-consideration
[5] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-reference-library/commission-guidelines/cm6882-special-rate-and-intermediate-rate-pension/attachment-b-work-capacity-test-application-241b-and-28a
[6] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-reference-library/commission-guidelines/cm6882-special-rate-and-intermediate-rate-pension/attachment-c-application-work-history-test-veterans-under-age-65
[7] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-reference-library/commission-guidelines/cm6882-special-rate-and-intermediate-rate-pension
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[9] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/21494#tgt-csref_cm6882_ftn1
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[15] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-reference-library/commission-guidelines/cm5574-temporary-special-rate
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[20] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-reference-library/compensation-offsetting-guidelines
[21] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/21494#ref-csref_cm6882_ftn3
[22] https://clik.dva.gov.au/rehabilitation-policy-library/12-veterans-vocational-rehabilitation-scheme-guidelines
[23] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/21494#ref-csref_cm6882_ftn4
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