Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L00886:reg:9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L00886
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9
Character Range: 3041–4623

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, labral tear or death from labral tear is connected with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
(1)           having a significant physical force applied to or through the affected shoulder joint or the affected hip joint at the time of the clinical onset of labral tear;
(2)          performing forceful and repetitive motions of the affected shoulder joint or the affected hip joint, involving extremes of the normal range of motion, for at least four hours per week for the one month before the clinical onset of labral tear;
Note 1: Examples of activities involving forceful and repetitive motions of the shoulder at extremes of the normal range of motion may include swimming, basketball, football, line or rope handling, rope ladder climbing, loading ammunition, physical employment standards training and participating in obstacle courses, infantry minor tactics courses and high rope courses.
Note 2: Examples of activities involving forceful and repetitive motions of the hip at extremes of the normal range of motion may include golf, hockey, rowing, running, physical employment standards training and participating in obstacle courses and infantry minor tactics courses.
(3)           for labral tear of the hip joint only, being in the third trimester of pregnancy within the one week before the clinical onset of labral tear;
(4)          inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for labral tear.