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They did accept liability under the Safety, rehabilitation and compensation dept and paid me $28,000 for pain and suffering. As I am not the only person in this situation I was wondering where to go with this enquiry, are they discriminating against personnel who cant lift heavy weights by saying they cant possibly have hurt themselves because they didn't lift enough. I have been dealing with DVA for over a year but it is a constant battle involving tons of paperwork. I dont feel that women should be discriminated against because they cant lift heavy weights. I wrote to the DVA minister and the person who replied told me they couldnt help with the weights and I would have to email www.rma.gov.au as they set the weight standards. I seem to be going round and round in circles.      PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 1   !"#%&()+,./FGHIJLMh@Sh|mHnHu h_h@Sjh_h@SUh~3&jh~3&U hV/h1?h*h1?  l D !"$%'(*+-.JKLMgdqgdmLgd1?gdV/:&P 1h:pqBP. 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