CDDA application to DVA

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Application under the Scheme for Compensation for Detriment caused by Defective Administration (CDDA)
Resource Management Guide 409

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DVA file / client number: [to complete]
Agency: Department of Veterans’ Affairs

1. Defective administration
I say DVA’s administration was defective in the following respects:

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Mapped to RMG 409:
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2. Detriment
The defective administration caused the following detriment (personal injury / economic loss). Workings are attached.

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3. Causation
But for the administration described above, this detriment would not have occurred, or would have been materially less. Statutory entitlements I am owed under the MRCA/DRCA/VEA are a separate matter; this application is for the extra harm caused by the administration itself.

4. Steps to contain the loss
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5. Other remedies
I have pursued (or am pursuing) the underlying compensation decisions through DVA and, where available, the Veterans’ Review Board. Those processes do not compensate the administrative detriment described here.

6. Outcome sought
An assessment of this application on the papers, a written decision with reasons, and payment of compensation sufficient to restore me — as far as money can — to the position I would have been in if the defective administration had not occurred.

Attachments: chronology, correspondence, medical evidence of aggravation (if claimed), invoices and workings.

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