Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L00608:reg:8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L00608
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 8
Character Range: 4254–5914

8               Factors that must exist
At least one of the following factors must exist before it can be said that, on the balance of probabilities, transverse myelitis or death from transverse myelitis is connected with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
(1)          having a symptomatic gastrointestinal infection or respiratory tract infection within the 2 months before the clinical onset of transverse myelitis;
(2)          having an infection with a viral, bacterial, fungal or parasitic organism within the 2 months before the clinical onset of transverse myelitis;
(3)          having a systemic autoimmune disease at the time of the clinical onset of transverse myelitis;
(4)          having sarcoidosis at the time of the clinical onset of transverse myelitis;
(5)          having a malignant neoplasm, other than non-melanotic malignant neoplasm of the skin, at the time of the clinical onset of transverse myelitis;
            Note: Transverse myelitis may be part of a paraneoplastic syndrome and the malignant neoplasm may be present but not yet diagnosed at the time of the clinical onset of transverse myelitis.
(6)          taking a drug from the specified list of drugs within the 2 months before the clinical onset of transverse myelitis;
Note: specified list of drugs is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(7)          receiving oral polio vaccine within the 2 months before the clinical onset of transverse myelitis;
(8)          having a bone marrow or stem cell transplant before the clinical onset of transverse myelitis;
(9)          inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for transverse myelitis.