Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00686:reg:9:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00686
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 1/5)
Character Range: 5652–8680

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 osteoarthritis or death from osteoarthritis with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
(1)          being a prisoner of war before the clinical onset of osteoarthritis;
(2)          having inflammatory joint disease as specified, of the affected joint before the clinical onset of osteoarthritis in that joint;
Note: inflammatory joint disease as specified is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(3)          having an infection of the affected joint as specified before the clinical onset of osteoarthritis in that joint;
Note: infection of the affected joint as specified is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(4)          having an intra-articular fracture of the affected joint before the clinical onset of osteoarthritis in that joint;
Note: intra-articular fracture is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(5)          having haemarthrosis of the affected joint before the clinical onset of osteoarthritis in that joint;
Note: haemarthrosis is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(6)          having a depositional joint disease as specified, in the affected joint before the clinical onset of osteoarthritis in that joint;

Note: depositional joint disease as specified is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(7)          having trauma to the affected joint before the clinical onset of osteoarthritis in that joint;
Note: trauma to the affected joint is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(8)          having an acute articular cartilage tear of the affected joint before the clinical onset of osteoarthritis in that joint;
(9)          having an acute meniscal tear of the affected knee before the clinical onset of osteoarthritis in that joint;
(10)      having frostbite involving the affected joint before the clinical onset of osteoarthritis in that joint;
(11)      having disordered joint mechanics of the affected joint for at least three years before the clinical onset of osteoarthritis in that joint;
Note: disordered joint mechanics is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(12)      having necrosis of the subchondral bone near the affected joint, including that from dysbaric osteonecrosis, before the clinical onset of osteoarthritis in that joint;
(13)      for osteoarthritis of a joint of the upper limb only:
Note: joint of the upper limb is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.

(a)          performing:

                 (i)            forceful or repetitive activities involving the affected joint; or
                 (ii)         tasks involving repeated or sustained pinch grip or hand/power grip;

             for an average of at least 100 hours per month, for a cumulative period of at least ten years within a continuous period of 15 years, before the clinical onset of osteoarthritis in that joint; or

                Note: hand/power grip, pinch grip and repetitive