Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00177:reg:9:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00177
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 4631–7733

9               Factors that must exist
At least one of the following factors must exist before it can be said that, on the balance of probabilities, cervical spondylosis or death from cervical spondylosis is connected with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:

         (1)          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.

         (2)          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;

         (3)          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;

         (4)          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.

         (5)          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.

         (6)          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.

         (7)          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.

         (8)          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.

         (9)          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;
(10)      carrying loads of at least 25 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, and where the clinical onset of cervical spondylosis occurred within the 25 years following that period;

         (11)      flying in high performance aircraft for a cumulative total of at least 1,000 hours within the 25 years before the clinical onset of cervical spondylosis;