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VakO 16.10.1979/11405:78 AI generated

Insurance court dismissed claim for lumbar disc surgery costs as not work-related injury.

Case Number VakO 16.10.1979/11405:78
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Jurisdiction Finland (FI)
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Outcome Dismissed
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The Insurance Court dismissed the employee's claim for compensation regarding a lumbar disc surgery performed in 1977. The employee argued the surgery was a direct consequence of a work-related back strain sustained while lifting a concrete slab, citing a prior 1982 decision establishing similar surgeries as work-related. The court rejected this argument, determining that the specific medical condition and subsequent surgery did not meet the causal link required for work-related injury compensation under the relevant insurance laws.

Legislator headnote

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Insurance Act; Workmen's Compensation Act: A surgical intervention for a lumbar disc herniation is not compensable as a work-related injury if the court finds no direct causal connection between the work activity and the specific medical condition requiring surgery.

Keywords

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work-related injury compensation lumbar disc herniation surgical treatment costs causal connection requirement insurance court decision

Cited Legislation

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Insurance Act 1979
Workmen's Compensation Act 1979

Cited Case Law

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KKO 15.6.1982:11405
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insurance_1979_5903-1974
Occupational disease compensation granted for repetitive strain injury from ironing despite employer denial.
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Supreme Court held that a gap between the third and fourth lumbar vertebrae is not a compensable accident consequence under private accident insurance.
insurance_1980_7402-1979
Insurance court dismissed claim for work-related disability benefits due to lack of causal link between job duties and injury.
insurance_1980_3246-1980
Insurance court dismissed claim for additional compensation due to pre-existing muscle strain aggravating the tear.
insurance_1980_8346-1979
Insurance court dismissed claim for work-related injury compensation due to lack of direct causal link between lifting and shoulder inflammation.

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Työntekijä oli elokuussa 1977 betonilaattaa nostaessaan tuntenut äkillistä kipua selässä ja hänen oli katsottu venähdyttäneen selkänsä. Viikon kuluttua hänellä oli todettu vasemmanpuoleinen iskiasoireisto ja sittemmin suoritetussa leikkauksessa IV V lannenikaman välilevytyrä. VAKO epäsi korvauksen nikamavälilevytyrästä. V -jaosto KKO 15.6.1982: Nikamavälilevytyrää oli pidettävä tapaturman seurauksena ja siitä määrättiin suoritettavaksi korvaus. (Lääkintöhallitus: Karaharju)