Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Repatriation Commission v Bawden [2012] FCAFC 176 Citation: Repatriation Commission v Bawden [2012] FCAFC 176
Appeal from: Bawden v Repatriation Commission [2012] FCA 345
Parties: REPATRIATION COMMISSION v RODNEY CHARLES BAWDEN
File number: VID 328 of 2012
Judges: KEANE CJ, JACOBSON & BENNETT JJ
Date of judgment: 3 December 2012
Catchwords: DEFENCE AND WAR – veterans' entitlements – pension – war veteran who rendered operational service – claim that veteran suffered post traumatic stress disorder that was war-caused – whether primary judge erred in holding that diagnosis of PTSD does not require the decision-maker to be satisfied on the balance of probabilities that the veteran suffered the traumatic event – whether the matter should be remitted to the Tribunal for determination of the question whether Mr Bawden suffers from incapacity from a war-caused injury or disease other than PTSD.
Legislation: Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth) s 44 Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (Cth) ss 9(1), 13(1), 14, 16(a), 120, 120(1), 120(3), 120A(3), 120A(4), 120(4), 196A, 196B, 196B(2), 196B(3), 120B(3), 196A, 196B, 196B(2) Federal Court Rules 2011
Cases cited: Bawden v Repatriation Commission [2011] AATA 283 related Bawden v Repatriation Commission [2012] FCA 345 related Benjamin v Repatriation Commission [2001] FCA 1879 (2001) 70 ALD 622 followed Benjamin v Repatriation Commission [2001] FCA 522 (2001) 64 ALD 411 applied Mines v Repatriation Commission [2004] FCA 1331 (2004) 86 ALD 62 discussed Repatriation Commission v Budworth [2001] FCA 0317 (2001) 63 ALD 422 discussed Repatriation Commission v Budworth (2001) 116 FCR 200 followed Repatriation Commission v Cooke (1998) 90 FCR 307 discussed Repatriation Commission v Deledio (1998) 83 FCR 82 applied Repatriation Commission v Warren [2007] FCA 866 (2007) 95 ALD 606 applied
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