Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L00467:reg:9:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L00467
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 2944–6146

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 bronchiectasis or death from bronchiectasis with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
(1)          having viral or bacterial pneumonia within the ten years before the clinical onset of bronchiectasis;
(2)          having pertussis within the ten years before the clinical onset of bronchiectasis;
(3)          having pulmonary tuberculosis or non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection of the lung, before the clinical onset of bronchiectasis;
(4)          having sarcoidosis of the lung before the clinical onset of bronchiectasis;
(5)          having bronchial obstruction before the clinical onset of bronchiectasis, where the bronchiectasis is distal to that obstruction;
Note: bronchial obstruction is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(6)          inhaling vapours, gases or fumes of a chemical agent from the specified list of chemical agents:
(a)          resulting in signs and symptoms of severe acute lower respiratory damage requiring medical attention within 48 hours after exposure; and
(b)          the persistence of respiratory symptoms and signs for at least one week after exposure,

         within the five years before the clinical onset of bronchiectasis;

Note: specified list of chemical agents is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(7)          having an occupational lung disease from the specified list of occupational lung diseases at the time of the clinical onset of bronchiectasis;
Note: specified list of occupational lung diseases is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(8)          inhaling sulphur mustard (mustard gas) before the clinical onset of bronchiectasis;
(9)          having aspiration pneumonitis within the five years before the clinical onset of bronchiectasis;
Note: aspiration pneumonitis is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(10)      having gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, with erosive oesophagitis or oesophageal stricture, within the two years before the clinical onset of bronchiectasis;
(11)      having allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis at the time of the clinical onset of bronchiectasis;
Note: allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(12)      undergoing solid organ or bone marrow transplantation before the clinical onset of bronchiectasis;
(13)      having fibrosis or fibrosing interstitial lung disease, involving the segment of the lung affected by bronchiectasis, before the clinical onset of bronchiectasis;
(14)      being exposed to arsenic as specified before the clinical onset of bronchiectasis;
Note: being exposed to arsenic as specified is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(15)      having a disease from the specified list of connective tissue diseases at the time of the clinical onset of bronchiectasis;
Note: specified list of connective tissue diseases is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(16)      being infected with human immunodeficiency virus before the clinical onset of bronchiectasis;
(17)      having a haematological malignancy at the