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or members of the Forces under the VEA, or members under the MRCA.
Note: MRCA, relevant service and VEA are defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
     9               Factors that must exist
At least one of the following factors must exist before it can be said that, on the balance of probabilities, peripheral artery disease or death from peripheral artery disease is connected with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
(1)          having hypertension before the clinical onset of peripheral artery disease;
(2)          having  diabetes mellitus before the clinical onset of peripheral artery disease;
(3)          having dyslipidaemia before the clinical onset of peripheral artery disease;
            Note: dyslipidaemia is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(4)          where smoking has not permanently ceased, having smoked at least one pack-year of tobacco products before the clinical onset of peripheral artery disease;
            Note: one pack-year is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(5)          where smoking has permanently ceased before the clinical onset of peripheral artery disease:
(a)          having smoked at least five pack-years of tobacco products; or
(b)          having smoked at least one pack-year but less than five pack-years of tobacco products, and the clinical onset of peripheral artery disease has occurred within 20 years of smoking cessation;
             Note: one pack-year is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(6)          where exposure to second-hand smoke has not permanently ceased, being exposed to second-hand smoke for at least 1,000 hours before the clinical onset of peripheral artery disease;
            Note: being exposed to second-hand smoke is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(7)          where exposure to second-hand smoke has permanently ceased before the clinical onset of peripheral artery disease:
(a)          being exposed to second-hand smoke for at least 5,000 hours; or
(b)          being exposed to second-hand smoke for at least 1,000 hours, but less than 5,000 hours, and the clinical onset of peripheral artery disease has occurred within five years of the last exposure to second-hand smoke;
             Note: being exposed to second-hand smoke is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(8)          having hyperhomocysteinaemia before the clinical onset of peripheral artery disease;
(9)          having chronic kidney disease before the clinical onset of peripheral artery disease;
            Note: chronic kidney disease is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(10)      undergoing a course of therapeutic radiation for cancer, where the affected artery was in the field of radiation, before the clinical onset of peripheral artery disease;
(11)      having received a cumulative equivalent dose of at least 1.0 sievert of ionising radiation to the affected artery before the clinical onset of peripheral artery disease;
            Note: cumulative equivalent dose is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(12)      taking the tyrosine kinase inhibitors nilotinib or ponatinib before