Does my payment choice affect any other payments made under the MRCA?

The only MRCA payment affected by your choice is the bereavement payment made to a wholly dependent partner or an eligible young person on your death. 

The bereavement payment is equal to twelve times the weekly rate of the DVA Permanent Impairment (PI) periodic payments a member was receiving or entitled to receive.

Lump sum PI payments do not attract a bereavement payment as they were paid out before death.

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