Insurance court dismissed claim for work injury compensation due to lack of causal link between work and illness.
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AI generatedThe Insurance Court dismissed the claimant's request for work injury compensation regarding his right shoulder inflammation. The claimant argued that his work duties starting in April 1978 aggravated his pre-existing condition diagnosed in October 1978, while the insurer denied liability citing no direct causal connection. The court ruled that the medical evidence failed to establish a sufficient causal link between the specific work activities and the onset of the inflammation.
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AI generatedInsurance Act; Work Injury Act: A claim for work injury compensation is dismissed when the medical evidence fails to establish a sufficient causal link between the work activities and the onset or aggravation of the injury.
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Teurastaja oli huhtikuusta 1978 alkaen ollut urakkatyössä. Lokakuussa 1978 hän oli ollut lääkärissä vähitellen alkaneen oikean kyynärseutunsa kipeytymisen takia. Hänellä todettiin oikean olkaluun ulomman ja sisemmän sivunastan tulehdus. VAKO epäsi korvauksen. Ijaosto KKO 1.7.1982 = VAKO (Lääkintöhallitus: Kettunen Ahlman)