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disease.
(38)      experiencing a category 1A stressor or a category 1B stressor within the 14 days before the clinical worsening of gingivitis;
Note: category 1A stressor and category 1B stressor are defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(39)      for acute necrotising ulcerative gingivitis only:
(a)          having severe malnutrition at the time of the clinical worsening of acute necrotising ulcerative gingivitis;
(b)          having smoked tobacco products:
                (i)            in an amount of at least 2 pack-years before the clinical worsening of acute necrotising ulcerative gingivitis; and
                (ii)         if smoking has ceased before the clinical worsening of acute necrotising ulcerative gingivitis, then that worsening occurred within 3 months of cessation; or
(c)          experiencing a category 2 stressor within the 6 months before the clinical worsening of acute necrotising ulcerative gingivitis;
             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: acute necrotising ulcerative gingivitis, category 2 stressor and one pack-year are defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(40)      having depressive disorder at the time of the clinical worsening of gingivitis;
(41)      having drug-induced gingival overgrowth at the time of the clinical worsening of gingivitis;
Note: Examples of drugs that cause gingival overgrowth include phenytoin, cyclosporine and calcium channel blockers such as nifedipine, diltiazem and verapamil.
(42)      being obese at the time of the clinical worsening of gingivitis;
            Note: being obese is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(43)      inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for gingivitis.
     10           Relationship to service
(1)          The existence in a person of any factor referred to in section 9, must be related to the relevant service rendered by the person.
(2)          The factors set out in subsections 9(22) to 9(43) apply only to material contribution to, or aggravation of, gingivitis where the person's gingivitis was suffered or contracted before or during (but did not arise out of) the person's relevant service.
     11           Factors referring to an injury or disease covered by another Statement of Principles
In this Statement of Principles:
(1)          if a factor referred to in section 9 applies in relation to a person; and
(2)          that factor refers to an injury or disease in respect of which a Statement of Principles has been determined under subsection 196B(2) of the VEA;
then the factors in that Statement of Principles apply in accordance with the terms of that Statement of Principles as in force from time to time.

Schedule 1 - Dictionary
Note: See Section 6