Veterans' Affairs NZ - How does Veterans' Affairs make their decisions?

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at Veterans' Affairs we make decisions about your support based on the information you give us
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about your condition and your service it's great if you give us as much information as
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possible so we can make a decision including what you did during your service sometimes we
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may need to check the information you provide with health professionals or other agencies
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there are a number of ways we can connect an injury or illness to your qualified service
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for example we can use the statements of principles to establish a causal link between your
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claim condition and your qualifying service in other words the statements of principles help us
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to figure out if certain conditions can be linked to specific circumstances of qualifying service
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one of the other ways is if your injury occurred during a qualifying operation
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or if a condition was aggravated by serving in a qualifying operation if you believe your service
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has caused or contributed to an injury or illness contact us or visit our website to test your
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eligibility for support you can use the tool on our website to check if your service is covered