Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

An invalidity service pension is not payable to a veteran before the veteran’s provisional commencement day.

Subject to subsection (2), a veteran’s provisional commencement day is the day on which the veteran claims the invalidity service pension.

If:

a veteran makes a claim (in this subsection called the initial claim) for invalidity service pension; and

the claim is not a proper claim; and

on the day on which the veteran makes the initial claim, the veteran is eligible for invalidity service pension; and

the veteran subsequently makes a proper claim:

within 3 months after being notified that the initial claim was not a proper claim; or

if the veteran was not so notified—at any time;