Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00165:reg:9:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00165
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 4965–8017

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, thoracolumbar spondylosis or death from thoracolumbar 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 thoracolumbar spine before the clinical onset of thoracolumbar 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 thoracolumbar 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 thoracolumbar spondylosis;
(4)          having a spinal condition from the specified list of spinal conditions, affecting the thoracolumbar spine for at least the 6 months before the clinical onset of thoracolumbar 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 thoracolumbar spondylosis;
Note: spinal fusion is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(6)          for lumbar spondylosis only, having leg length inequality for at least the 5 years before the clinical onset of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
Note: leg length inequality is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(7)          having a depositional joint disease from the specified list of depositional joint diseases, in the thoracolumbar spine before the clinical onset of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
Note: specified list of depositional joint diseases is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
(8)          having trauma to the thoracolumbar spine at least 6 months before the clinical onset of thoracolumbar spondylosis, and where the trauma to the thoracolumbar spine occurred within the 20 years before the clinical onset of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
Note: trauma to the thoracolumbar spine is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(9)          having a penetrating injury to an intervertebral disc before the clinical onset of thoracolumbar 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.
(10)      having a thoracolumbar intervertebral disc prolapse at least 6 months before the clinical onset of thoracolumbar spondylosis at the level of the intervertebral disc prolapse;
(11)      lifting loads of at least 20 kilograms while bearing the weight through the thoracolumbar spine:
(a)          to a cumulative total of at least 150,000 kilograms within any 10 year period before the clinical onset of thoracolumbar spondylosis; and
(b)          where the