Whats the difference between entitlements under repatriation (DVA), compensation & the DFRDB?
It is not appropriate to compare the DFRDB legislation to either Veterans Affairs’ or Military Compensation legislation. The three pieces of legislation are designed to meet quite different objectives. The DFRDB scheme is designed to provide invalidity benefits based on the extent to which your medical condition that resulted in your retirement from the Defence Force has incapacitated you for civilian employment. This assessment is made irrespective of where or when an injury has incurred. That is, it does not have to be in the line of duty or in a war zone. The Veterans Affairs and Military Compensation schemes on the other hand are more designed to compensate a Member who has suffered an injury or a condition in the course of their employment. In assessing entitlements under this legislation, quite different criteria to that used by DFRDB are taken into account. Because the three pieces of legislation are so different and because they use different criteria to assess entitlement to b
