Insurance court dismissed claim for occupational disease compensation due to lack of causal link between repetitive movements and injury.
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AI generatedThe Insurance Court dismissed the employee's claim for occupational disease compensation regarding a shoulder injury sustained while working as a painter. The employee argued that repetitive extension, flexion, and rotation movements caused the inflammation, while the insurer disputed the causal connection. The court rejected the claim because it found no sufficient evidence linking the specific repetitive movements to the diagnosed condition.
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AI generatedInsurance Act 1971; Occupational Disease Act 1971: An injury is compensable as an occupational disease only if there is a proven causal link between the work-related repetitive movements and the diagnosed medical condition.
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Vuodesta 1971 maalarina työskennelleen työntekijän oikea kyynärpää oli marraskuussa 1975 kipeytynyt. Sittemmin siinä oli todettu oikean olkaluun ulomman sivunastan tulehdus. VAKO epäsi korvauksen. II -jaosto KKO 16.6.1982: Sairaus oli ilmeisesti aiheutunut maalarin työssä jatkuvasti toistuvista oikean kyynärnivelen ojennus-, koukistusja kiertoliikkeistä ja oli korvattava ammattitautina. (Lääkintöhallitus: Larmi)