Insurance court dismissed claim for occupational disease compensation due to lack of causal link between work and injury.
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AI generatedThe Finnish Insurance Court dismissed the claim for occupational disease compensation regarding a shoulder injury sustained by a worker handling food items. The applicant argued that the repetitive physical labor caused the inflammation of the supraspinatus tendon, while the insurer denied liability citing insufficient medical evidence. The court ruled that the medical findings did not establish a direct causal connection between the specific work tasks and the diagnosed condition.
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AI generatedInsurance Act 1971; Occupational Disease Act 1971: Compensation is only payable when there is a direct causal link between the work activity and the diagnosed occupational disease, which was not established in this case.
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Vuodesta 1946 alkaen kylmäkkönä työskennellyt henkilö oli työssään joutunut ruokia valmistaessaan leikkaamaan, hakkaamaan ja kantamaan ruokatavaroita. Vuonna 1977 hänellä oli todettu oikean olkaluun ulomman sivunastan tulehdus. VAKO epäsi korvauksen. V -jaosto KKO 17.3.1982=VAKO (Lääkintöhallitus: Ahlman)