Abstract: . . .  evidence available to the Repatriation Medical Authority, it is more probable than not that conjunctivitis and death from conjunctivitis can be related to eligible war service (other than operational service) rendered by veterans and defence service (other than hazardous service) rendered by members of the Forces, the Repatriation Medical Authority determines, under subsection 196B(3) of the Veterans Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act), that the factors that must exist before it can be said that, on the balance of probabilities, conjunctivitis or death from conjunctivitis is connected with the circumstances of that service, are:   (a) suffering a bacterial infection of the affected eye during the clinical onset of bacterial conjunctivitis; or   (b) suffering a chlamydial infection of the affected eye during the clinical onset of chlamydial conjunctivitis; or   (c) suffering a viral infection of the affected eye during the clinical . . .
. . .  hypersensitivity reaction causing hay fever conjunctivitis, vernal keratoconjunctivitis, atopic keratoconjunctivitis and giant papillary conjunctivitis; or delayed hypersensitivity reaction causing phlyctenulosis (phlycentular keratoconjunctivitis) or conjunctivitis secondary to contact blepharitis;   parasitic infection means an inflammation of the conjunctiva secondary to infestation of the affected eye by the following parasitic organisms: Pediculus pubis, Onchocerca volvulus, Thelazia californiensis, Loa Loa, Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichinella spiralis, Schistosoma haematobium, and Taenia solium;   Rickettsial infection means an inflammation of the conjunctiva secondary to infection of the affected eye by micro-organisms of the family Rickettsiaceae, including by Rickettsia prowazekii (epidemic typhus), R. typhi (endemic typhus), R. tsutsugamushi (scrub typhus), R. rickettsii (Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever), R. conorii (Mediterranean Fever), and R. (Coxiella) burnetii (Q Fever); . . .
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