| (1) | A military veteran who sustained disabling injuries or severe psychological and neuro-psychiatric trauma or who suffers from a terminal disease resulting from participation in military activities, may apply for a lump sum payment as compensation if— |
| (b) | the severe psychological and neuro-psychiatric trauma; or |
resulted from the military veteran's participation in military activities and—
| (i) | the effect of such disability, trauma or disease is an on-going event; |
| (ii) | the medical assessment of the military veteran confirms the link between the injury, trauma or disease and his or her participation in a military activity; and |
| (iii) | the military veteran has not accessed or received a similar benefit in terms of any other legislation. |
| (2) | The medical assessment contemplated in subregulation (1) must be conducted at a public health care facility, but may also be conducted at a private health care facility when a public health care facility is unable to conduct the medical assessment services or a private health care facility is the only facility accessible in the area. |
