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title: "Test a gradual-onset disease claim against the employment-contribution test"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/test-a-gradual-onset-disease-claim-against-the-employment-contribution-t"
type: "task"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-WC20261023-18"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Test a gradual-onset disease claim against the employment-contribution test

> From the diagnosis, the work history and the other causes, using a firm-controlled tool, table the disease-contribution test and any deemed date the opened pages state. Do not decide the claim.

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the diagnosis, the work history and the other causes, using a firm-controlled tool, table the disease-contribution test and any deemed date the opened pages state. Do not decide the claim. |
| What the lawyer must review | Decide whether employment meets that state's test for this disease or its aggravation. A dust disease has its own list. Do not decide it here. Do not invent a deemed date or a section the opened page does not state. Health and wage records stay in a firm-controlled tool. Apply ASCR r 9, APP 11, and the notifiable-breach test. |
| Written for / versions | 3 jurisdiction versions below |

## Checking plan

**Source-by-source verification**

The lawyer checks the output against the file and the linked sources before it is used or sent.

- What the AI does: From the diagnosis, the work history and the other causes, using a firm-controlled tool, table the disease-contribution test and any deemed date the opened pages state. Do not decide the claim.
- What the lawyer does: Decide whether employment meets that state's test for this disease or its aggravation. A dust disease has its own list. Do not decide it here. Do not invent a deemed date or a section the opened page does not state. Health and wage records stay in a firm-controlled tool. Apply ASCR r 9, APP 11, and the notifiable-breach test.
- Who reviews: Lawyer competent in statutory workers compensation
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 23 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.
- Why: The level reflects what the work is, the consequence of an error, and how much the lawyer must check on every file.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Separate a disease from a sudden injury, and an aggravation from the underlying condition.
2. In Victoria, do not write a contribution test for a disease after 2 December 2003. The opened table ends there.
3. In New South Wales, record the deemed date only in the terms the guide uses, and do not apply the main-contributing-factor test to an exempt worker.
4. Send a dust disease to the dust-disease tasks. Do not decide it on this table.

## Notes

- Queensland sections 34 and 35 were named in section 32(2) and were not opened.
- The New South Wales deemed-date rule is the guide's account of sections 15 and 16. Confirm the current sections.
- If health or wage records leave the firm-controlled tool, decide whether a Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) breach is notifiable.

## Sources

- [WorkSafe Victoria claims manual: define an injury](https://www1.worksafe.vic.gov.au/vwa/claimsmanual/Claims%20Manual/2-claims-management/2-1-workers-and-injuries/2-1-6-define-an-injury.htm) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [AustLII: Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003, section 32](https://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/wcara2003400/s32.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [SIRA claims guide: disease injury](https://www.sira.nsw.gov.au/workers-compensation-claims-guide/understanding-the-claims-journey/eligibility/disease-injury) (checked 2026-10-23)

## Jurisdiction versions

| Jurisdiction | Level |
| --- | --- |
| [New South Wales](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/test-a-gradual-onset-disease-claim-against-the-employment-contribution-t/new-south-wales.md) | Yellow |
| [Victoria](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/test-a-gradual-onset-disease-claim-against-the-employment-contribution-t/victoria.md) | Yellow |
| [Queensland](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/test-a-gradual-onset-disease-claim-against-the-employment-contribution-t/queensland.md) | Yellow |

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*