Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00164:reg:9:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00164
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 2/4)
Character Range: 7800–10871

clinical onset of thoracolumbar 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.
(12)      having a thoracolumbar intervertebral disc prolapse at least 6 months before the clinical onset of thoracolumbar spondylosis at the level of the intervertebral disc prolapse;
(13)      lifting loads of at least 20 kilograms while bearing the weight through the thoracolumbar spine to a cumulative total of at least 100,000 kilograms within any 10 year period before the clinical onset of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
(14)      carrying loads of at least 20 kilograms while bearing the weight through the thoracolumbar spine to a cumulative total of at least 3,800 hours within any 10 year period before the clinical onset of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
(15)      for lumbar spondylosis only, flying in an engine powered aircraft as operational aircrew, for a cumulative total of at least 1,000 hours within the 25 years before the clinical onset of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
(16)      being obese for at least 10 years before the clinical onset of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
Note: being obese is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
(17)      having acromegaly involving the thoracolumbar spine before the clinical onset of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
Note: acromegaly is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(18)      having Paget's disease of bone involving the thoracolumbar spine before the clinical onset of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
(19)      being a prisoner of war before the clinical worsening of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
(20)      having an inflammatory joint disease from the specified list of inflammatory joint diseases, in the thoracolumbar spine before the clinical worsening of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
Note: specified list of inflammatory joint diseases is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(21)      having non-viral infection of the affected joint, resulting in inflammation within that joint, at least 6 months before the clinical worsening of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
(22)      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 worsening of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
(23)      having a spinal condition from the specified list of spinal conditions, affecting the thoracolumbar spine for at least the 6 months before the clinical worsening of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
Note: specified list of spinal conditions is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(24)      for lumbar spondylosis only, having a kyphotic abnormality or lordotic abnormality affecting the lumbar spine for at least the 6 months before the clinical worsening of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
Note: kyphotic abnormality and lordotic abnormality are defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(25)      having undergone a spinal fusion, immediately above or below the affected joint, at least 6 months before the clinical worsening of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
Note: