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Document created in response to a request under
the Freedom of Information Act 1982 – FOI 48748
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)
VEA
1 Disability Pension
14,535
13,604
13,198
12,008
13,615
14,505
12,698
19,859
19,563
27,968
20,518
VEA War Widow/ers
2,777
2,335
1,924
1,798
1,663
1,489
1,316
1,111
846
645
423
DRCA
2 Initial Liability
3,190
3,103
5,340
5,499
7,343
7,139
10,122
16,001
16,990
27,670
20,089
DRCA Permanent Impairment
2,908
3,171
3,557
3,837
4,385
5,934
6,423
11,494
14,314
12,225
7,273
DRCA Incapacity
397
435
419
408
454
651
533
765
1,184
865
523
MRCA
3 Initial Liability
4,154
4,804
5,829
6,448
8,472
9,316
13,185
29,777
42,293
45,831
34,821
MRCA Permanent Impairment
2,384
3,073
3,990
4,315
4,231
6,155
7,295
14,354
12,052
13,115
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Note: Gross claims received is the total number of individual claims received, including those that may be withdrawn.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)