Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00164:reg:9:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00164
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 3/4)
Character Range: 10588–13541

spondylosis;
Note: kyphotic abnormality and lordotic abnormality are defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(25)      having undergone a spinal fusion, immediately above or below the affected joint, at least 6 months before the clinical worsening of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
Note: spinal fusion is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(26)      for lumbar spondylosis only, having leg length inequality for at least the 2 years before the clinical worsening of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
Note: leg length inequality is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(27)      having a depositional joint disease from the specified list of depositional joint diseases, in the thoracolumbar spine before the clinical worsening of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
Note: specified list of depositional joint diseases is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
(28)      having trauma to the thoracolumbar spine at least 6 months before the clinical worsening of thoracolumbar spondylosis, and where the trauma to the thoracolumbar spine occurred within the 20 years before the clinical worsening of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
Note: trauma to the thoracolumbar spine is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(29)      having a penetrating injury to an intervertebral disc before the clinical worsening 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.
(30)      having a thoracolumbar intervertebral disc prolapse at least 6 months before the clinical worsening of thoracolumbar spondylosis at the level of the intervertebral disc prolapse;
(31)      lifting loads of at least 20 kilograms while bearing the weight through the thoracolumbar spine to a cumulative total of at least 100,000 kilograms within any 10 year period before the clinical worsening of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
(32)      carrying loads of at least 20 kilograms while bearing the weight through the thoracolumbar spine to a cumulative total of at least 3,800 hours within any 10 year period before the clinical worsening of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
(33)      for lumbar spondylosis only, flying in an engine powered aircraft as operational aircrew, for a cumulative total of at least 1,000 hours within the 25 years before the clinical worsening of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
(34)      being obese for at least 10 years before the clinical worsening of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
Note: being obese is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
(35)      having acromegaly involving the thoracolumbar spine before the clinical worsening of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
Note: acromegaly is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(36)      having Paget's disease of bone involving the thoracolumbar spine before the clinical worsening of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
(37)      inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for thoracolumbar spondylosis.