Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00421:reg:9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00421
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9
Character Range: 5454–6532

9               Factors that must exist
At least one of the following factors must as a minimum exist before it can be said that a reasonable hypothesis has been raised connecting seborrhoeic keratosis or death from seborrhoeic keratosis with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
(1)          having sunlight exposure to unprotected skin at the affected site for at least 2,250 hours while in a tropical area, or having equivalent sunlight exposure in other latitude zones (latitude equivalent hours), before clinical onset;
Note: latitude equivalent hours are defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(2)          for the Leser-Trélat sign only (sudden onset of >20 new seborrhoeic keratoses within 6 months), having a malignancy excluding non-melanotic malignant neoplasm of the skin, within 1 year before  clinical onset;
(3)          taking a course of dabrafenib or vemurafenib for the treatment of cancer within 1 year before clinical onset;
(4)          inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for seborrhoeic keratosis before clinical worsening.