Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00164:reg:9:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00164
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 5011–8073

9               Factors that must exist
At least one of the following factors must as a minimum exist before it can be said that a reasonable hypothesis has been raised connecting thoracolumbar spondylosis or death from thoracolumbar spondylosis with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
(1)          being a prisoner of war before the clinical onset of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
(2)          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.
(3)          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;
(4)          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;
(5)          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.
(6)          for lumbar spondylosis only, having a kyphotic abnormality or lordotic abnormality affecting the lumbar spine for at least the 6 months before the clinical onset of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
Note: kyphotic abnormality and lordotic abnormality are defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(7)          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.
(8)          for lumbar spondylosis only, having leg length inequality for at least the 2 years before the clinical onset of thoracolumbar spondylosis;
Note: leg length inequality is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(9)          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.
(10)      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.
(11)      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.
(12)      having a thoracolumbar intervertebral disc prolapse at least