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Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
     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 inflammatory bowel disease or death from inflammatory bowel disease with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
(1)          taking a drug from the Specified List 1 of drugs for at least the seven days before the clinical onset of inflammatory bowel disease;
            Note: Specified List 1 of drugs is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(2)          taking a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug on at least ten days per month, for a continuous period of at least two months before the clinical onset of inflammatory bowel disease and the last dose of the drug was taken within the 14 days before the clinical onset of inflammatory bowel disease;
(3)          taking an immune checkpoint inhibitor within the one year before the clinical onset of inflammatory bowel disease;
(4)          taking a combined oral contraceptive pill for a continuous period of at least six months before the clinical onset of inflammatory bowel disease and where taking the combined oral contraceptive pill has ceased, the clinical onset of inflammatory bowel disease has occurred within one year of cessation;
(5)          undergoing organ or tissue transplantation, excluding corneal transplant, before the clinical onset of inflammatory bowel disease;
            Note: organ or tissue transplantation is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(6)          experiencing a category 1A stressor within the three months before the clinical onset of inflammatory bowel disease;
            Note: category 1A stressor is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(7)          experiencing a category 1B stressor within the three months before the clinical onset of inflammatory bowel disease;
            Note: category 1B stressor is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(8)          experiencing a category 2 stressor within the 30 days before the clinical onset of inflammatory bowel disease;
             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.
(9)          having a clinically significant depressive disorder or a clinically significant anxiety disorder for at least the one year before the clinical onset of inflammatory bowel disease;
            Note: clinically significant is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(10)      for Crohn disease only:
(a)          having smoked at least one pack-year of tobacco products before the clinical onset of Crohn disease, and where smoking has permanently ceased, the clinical onset of Crohn