LEX 48748

Document created in accordance with section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth)

FOI reference number:
48748

Request details:
I seek a document listing the number of liability and compensation claims DVA has *received* for the last full ten financial
years, as well as the current partial financial year, listed by Act [MRCA, VEA (excluding NLHC claims), and SRCA/DRCA] of
entitlement that applies, with Non-Liability Health Care (NLHC) claims listed in their own row/column.

Date of decision:
26 April 2022
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FYTD
Gross Claims Received
2011-12  2012-13  2013-14  2014-15  2015-16  2016-17  2017-18  2018-19  2019-20  2020-21
2021-22
(to 28 Feb
2022)
VEA1 Disability Pension










20,518
VEA War Widow/ers










423
DRCA2 Initial Liability










20,089
DRCA Permanent Impairment










7,273
DRCA Incapacity
397
435
419
408
454
651
533
765
1,184
865
523
MRCA3 Initial Liability










34,821
MRCA Permanent Impairment










6,743
MRCA Incapacity
1,449
1,507
2,093
1,752
1,545
2,075
2,427
3,441
4,628
3,617
2,260
Non-Liability Health Care
N/A
2,746
3,121
4,819
7,157
7,784
9,586
29,450
18,867
10,652
5,820

Note: Gross claims received is the total number of individual claims received, including those that may be withdrawn.
  Data is available within the DVA Annual Reports for these claim types

1 Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (VEA)
2 From 12 October 2017, all claims that were considered under the provisions of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (SRCA) were considered
  under the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-Related Claims) Act 1988 (DRCA). Al  existing claims under the SRCA were treated as claims under
  the DRCA.
3 Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (MRCA)

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