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of the clinical onset of otitis media; or

         (j)                 having gastro-oesophageal reflux disease at the time of the clinical onset of otitis media; or

         (k)               swimming, diving or participating in other aquatic activities where water may enter the oropharynx within the seven days before the clinical onset of otitis media; or

         (l)                 having an upper respiratory tract infection within the 21 days before the clinical worsening of otitis media; or

         (m)             having allergic rhinitis within the seven days before the clinical worsening of otitis media; or

         (n)               experiencing otitic barotrauma within the seven days before the clinical worsening of otitis media; or

         (o)               having gastro-oesophageal reflux disease at the time of the clinical worsening of otitis media; or

         (p)               inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for otitis media.

Factors that apply only to material contribution or aggravation

    7. Paragraphs 6(l) to 6(p) apply only to material contribution to, or aggravation of, otitis media where the person's otitis media was suffered or contracted before or during (but not arising out of) the person's relevant service.

Inclusion of Statements of Principles

    8. In this Statement of Principles if a relevant factor applies and that factor includes an injury or disease in respect of which there is a Statement of Principles then the factors in that last mentioned Statement of Principles apply in accordance with the terms of that Statement of Principles as in force from time to time.

Other definitions

9. For the purposes of this Statement of Principles:

    "cumulative equivalent dose" means the total dose of ionising radiation received by the particular organ or tissue from external exposure, internal exposure or both, apart from normal background radiation exposure in Australia, calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Guide to calculation of 'cumulative equivalent dose' for the purpose of applying ionising radiation factors contained in Statements of Principles determined under Part XIA of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (Cth), Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency, as in force on 2 August 2017;
         Note 1: Examples of circumstances that might lead to exposure to ionising radiation include being present during or subsequent to the testing or use of nuclear weapons, undergoing diagnostic or therapeutic medical procedures involving ionising radiation, and being a member of an aircrew, leading to increased levels of exposure to cosmic radiation.
         Note 2: For the purpose of dose reconstruction, dose is calculated as an average over the mass of a specific tissue or organ. If a tissue is exposed to multiple sources of ionising radiation, the various dose estimates for each type of radiation must be combined.

    "death from otitis media" in relation to a person includes death from a terminal event or condition that was