Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00158:reg:9:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00158
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 4677–7584

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 cervical spondylosis or death from cervical spondylosis with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
(1)          being a prisoner of war before the clinical onset of cervical spondylosis;
(2)          having an inflammatory joint disease from the specified list of inflammatory joint diseases, in the cervical spine before the clinical onset of cervical spondylosis;
Note: specified list of inflammatory joint diseases is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(3)          having non-viral infection of the affected joint, resulting in inflammation within that joint, at least 6 months before the clinical onset of cervical spondylosis;
(4)          having an intra-articular fracture of the spine, at the level of, or adjacent to, the affected joint, at least 6 months before the clinical onset of cervical spondylosis;
(5)          having a spinal condition from the specified list of spinal conditions, affecting the cervical spine for at least the 6 months before the clinical onset of cervical spondylosis;
Note: specified list of spinal conditions is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(6)          having undergone a spinal fusion, immediately above or below the affected joint, at least 6 months before the clinical onset of cervical spondylosis;
Note: spinal fusion is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(7)          having a depositional joint disease from the specified list of depositional joint diseases, in the cervical spine before the clinical onset of cervical spondylosis;
Note: specified list of depositional joint diseases is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
(8)          having trauma to the cervical spine at least 6 months before the clinical onset of cervical spondylosis, and where the trauma to the cervical spine occurred within the 20 years before the clinical onset of cervical spondylosis;
Note: trauma to the cervical spine is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(9)          having a penetrating injury to an intervertebral disc before the clinical onset of cervical spondylosis at the level of, or adjacent to, the intervertebral disc injury;
Note: penetrating injury to an intervertebral disc is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(10)      having a cervical intervertebral disc prolapse at least 6 months before the clinical onset of cervical spondylosis at the level of the intervertebral disc prolapse;
(11)      carrying loads of at least 15 kilograms on the head while upright to a cumulative total of at least 5,000 hours within any 10 year period before the clinical onset of cervical spondylosis;
(12)      carrying a large bulky load of at least 15 kilograms positioned between the neck and shoulder to a cumulative total of at least 5,000 hours