Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L00498:reg:9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L00498
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9
Character Range: 4021–5056

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, coeliac disease or death from coeliac disease is connected with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
(1)          being treated with interferon alpha within the six months before the clinical worsening of coeliac disease;
(2)          being treated with a proton pump inhibitor or a histamine-2 receptor antagonist, on more days than not, for at least the six months before the clinical worsening of coeliac disease;
            Note 1: Examples of proton pump inhibitors include esomeprazole, lansoprazole, omeprazole, pantoprazole and rabeprazole.
            Note 2: Examples of histamine-2 receptor antagonists include cimetidine, famotidine, nizatidine and ranitidine.
(3)          inability to maintain a gluten-free diet at the time of the clinical worsening of coeliac disease;
(4)          inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for coeliac disease.