Insurance court dismissed worker's claim for occupational injury compensation due to lack of causal link between job duties and specific medical condition.
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AI generatedThe Finnish Insurance Court dismissed the worker's claim for occupational injury compensation regarding a shoulder condition diagnosed in 1979. The employee argued that repetitive tasks involving a welding machine caused the injury, while the insurer contested the direct causal relationship between the work duties and the specific medical diagnosis. The court ruled that the evidence failed to establish a sufficient causal link between the employment activities and the onset of the shoulder inflammation.
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AI generatedInsurance Act 1970; Occupational Injury Act 1970: Compensation is only payable when there is a direct causal link between the work duties and the injury; mere temporal proximity or general strain is insufficient without specific evidence of causation.
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Työntekijä oli marraskuusta 1978 alkaen työskennellyt hitsaajana joutuen muun muassa oikealla kädellään puristamaan hitsauskoneen kahvasta käden ollessa koukussa ja kiertämään kättä kierroksen myötäpäivään. Toukokuussa 1979 hänen oikea kyynärpäänsä oli kipeytynyt ja siinä oli todettu olkaluun ulomman sivunastan tulehdus. VAKO epäsi korvauksen. KKO 3.11.1982 = VAKO (Lääkintöhallitus: Ahlman)