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Key changes to veterans' claims
The Federal Government is to include ComSuper in a move to share information for defence veterans and ex-service personnel making claims.
A protocol has been developed for the Departments of Defence and Veterans' Affairs to follow when dealing with claims for death or serious injury that will now include ComSuper and Centrelink.
The Minister For Veterans' Affairs, Alan Griffin, said all relevant agencies are now co-ordinated to provide full assistance in the event of a claim.
"The process of accessing entitlements should place minimal additional stress upon veterans and ex-service personnel, particularly as many of the people claiming are older veterans who were injured during their service," the minister said.
"Reducing the burden of government bureaucracy on these people is an important objective."
Griffin said sharing information between the department, Centrelink and ComSuper had already resulted in disability pensioners being exempted from further ComSuper reviews.
An Interdepartmental Working Group has been set up to look at ways of reducing claims red tape.
To date, it has reduced the medical reviews veterans must undertake, listed the Australian Defence Force Identification Card as an acceptable proof of identity document across government and commenced a trial to expand the final defence medical examination to cover the requirements of a liability claim to the department or ComSuper.
"There are still issues to address, but I'm pleased we've already started to get results from this process," the minister said.
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