Changes to the lists of Statements of Principles, October 2025
Changes to the lists of Statements of Principles, October 2025
The Statements of Principles (SOPs) are a tool to determine if an injury, illness or death is service-related.
On 23 October, 24 replacement Statements of Principles, two revocations without replacement, and three Minor Amendment Statements of Principles come into force in New Zealand.
Replacement SOPs
- adjustment disorder
- analgesic nephropathy
- benign neoplasm of the eye and adnexa
- cervical dystonia (spasmodic torticollis) [Name has changed from spasmodic torticollis]
- cut, stab, abrasion and laceration
- discoid lupus erythematosus
- diverticular disease of the colon
- sarcoidosis
- Scheuermann’s disease (kyphosis) [Name has changed from Scheuermann’s disease]
- spondylolisthesis and spondylolysis
- suicide and attempted suicide
- systemic lupus erythematosus.
Revocations without replacement
- presbyopia.
Minor amendment SOPs
Reasonable Hypothesis and Balance of Probabilities versions of:
- cardiomyopathy.
Balance of Probabilities version only of:
- systemic lupus erythematosus.
More information
The Statements of Principles are a tool to determine if an injury, illness or death is service-related.
More information on Statements of Principles
For more information on these amendments, you can read:
Our notices on minor amendments to Statements of Principles
Gazette Notice No 2025-sl5157(external link)
The Australian Government Repatriation Medical Authority’s website(external link)
Veterans’ Support Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2025(external link)
