Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01440:reg:9:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01440
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 1/6)
Character Range: 7745–10705

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 anxiety disorder or death from anxiety disorder with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
(1)          being a prisoner of war before the clinical onset of generalised anxiety disorder;
(2)          experiencing a category 1A stressor within the 5 years before the clinical onset of generalised anxiety disorder;
Note: category 1A stressor is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
(3)          experiencing a category 1B stressor within the 5 years before the clinical onset of generalised anxiety disorder;
Note: category 1B stressor is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
(4)          experiencing severe childhood abuse before the clinical onset of generalised anxiety disorder;
Note: severe childhood abuse is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
(5)          experiencing a potentially morally injurious event within the 5 years before the clinical onset of generalised anxiety disorder;
Note: potentially morally injurious event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
(6)          having a family member or close friend who experiences a category 1A stressor within the 2 years before the clinical onset of generalised anxiety disorder;
Note: category 1A stressor is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
(7)          experiencing the death of a family member or close friend within the 5 years before the clinical onset of generalised anxiety disorder;
(8)          experiencing miscarriage, fetal death in utero or stillbirth as a parent, within the 2.5 years before the clinical onset of generalised anxiety disorder;
(9)          living or working in a hostile or life-threatening environment for a cumulative period of at least 4 weeks within the 5 years before the clinical onset of generalised anxiety disorder;
Note: hostile or life-threatening environment is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
(10)      experiencing a category 2 stressor within the 1 year before the clinical onset of generalised anxiety disorder;
Note 1: A category 2 stressor can arise in a variety of circumstances connected with service.  Such circumstances can arise during the course of service, as a result of separation from service and the conditions associated with that separation, and in the transition to civilian life in the years following separation.
Note 2: category 2 stressor is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(11)      having a clinically significant disorder of mental health within the 10 years before the clinical onset of generalised anxiety disorder;
Note: clinically significant disorder of mental health is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
(12)      having a medical illness which is life-threatening or which results in serious physical or cognitive disability within the 5 years before the clinical onset of generalised