Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00008:reg:9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00008
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9
Character Range: 4169–5220

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 non-freezing cold injury or death from non-freezing cold injury with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
(1)          exposing the affected limb to moisture and non-freezing temperatures below 21 degrees Celsius, for a period of at least ten hours within the 24 hours before the clinical onset of non-freezing cold injury;
            Note 1: Non-freezing cold injury is most commonly associated with temperatures just above freezing.
            Note 2: Exposure to moisture and non-freezing temperatures may occur during military training or exercises in the outdoors, but are also likely to occur in other circumstances, examples of which include the homeless, those who are intoxicated with alcohol, and those who have poorly controlled psychiatric illness.
(2)          inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for non-freezing cold injury.