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VakO 29.3.1979/6169:78 AI generated

Insurance court dismissed insurer's denial of compensation for knee arthritis linked to 1940 spinal injury.

Case Number VakO 29.3.1979/6169:78
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Jurisdiction Finland (FI)
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The Insurance Court allowed the claimant's compensation for knee arthritis and other conditions, rejecting the insurer's denial that these were service-related. The court found a causal link between the 1940 spinal injury and the subsequent degenerative joint diseases, overturning the insurer's position. Consequently, the insurer was ordered to pay the sixth-share compensation for the injuries.

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s. 10 Vakuutusoikeuslaki 1978; The court established that degenerative joint diseases developing decades after a spinal injury are compensable as consequences of that injury if the medical evidence supports a causal connection.

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service-related injury degenerative joint disease causal connection compensation entitlement insurance court ruling

Cited Legislation

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s. 10 Vakuutusoikeuslaki 1978

Cited Case Law

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KKO 20.6.1983:6169/78
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insurance_1977_8892-1976
Insurance court rules leg ulcers and leg wound are compensable consequences of prior spinal surgery.
insurance_1984_5250-1983
Insurance court dismissed claim for arthritis compensation when accident occurred before injury onset.
insurance_1980_6034-1979
Court allows partial compensation for shoulder injury where accident aggravated pre-existing arthritis and caused partial rotator cuff tear.
insurance_1978_6648-1977
Work injury claim partially allowed when pre-existing condition was aggravated by the accident.
insurance_1982_8553-1981
Work injury claim denied by employer due to disputed causation between work duties and shoulder inflammation.

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Sotilas oli maaliskuussa 1940 saanut sirpalevamman selkäänsä ristiluun korkeudelle. Hänellä todettiin lievä selkäytimen vaurio ja laaja ihon kiputuntopuutos vasemman alaraajan takaosassa ja oikean alaraajan etuosassa. Sittemmin vasemmassa alaraajassa todettiin lihassurkastumaa ja kiputunnon puute. Myöhemmin oli todettu myös selkärankarikko ja molempien polvien nivelrikko ja nivelreumatismi. Vasempaan polveen oli vuonna 1976 asetettu keinonivel. Tapaturmavirasto epäsi korvauksen nivelreumatismista ja myönsi korvauksen selkärankarikosta ja molempien polvien nivelrikosta haavoittumiseen liittyvänä kuudesosalla. VAKO epäsi korvauksen mainituista rikkosairauksista haavoittumisen seurauksina ja palveluksesta johtuvina. KKO 20.6.1983: Vasemman polven nivelrikko oli korvattava selkäytimen ampumavamman seurauksena. Muilta osin KKO pysytti VAKO:n päätöksen (Lääkintöhallitus: Salenius Waltimo)