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VakO 10.2.1981/8002:79 AI generated

Insurance court allows disability compensation when prior surgery accelerated spinal degeneration and pain.

Case Number VakO 10.2.1981/8002:79
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Jurisdiction Finland (FI)
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The Insurance Court ordered the insurer to pay compensation for the insured's aggravated spinal disability and pain. The insured had a leg amputation in 1968 and developed back issues in 1979, which the insurer denied. The court ruled that the amputation uniquely stressed the spine, accelerating the degeneration and worsening the pain, thus validating the claim.

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Act on Insurance Law; Act on Compensation for Work-Related Accidents: The court held that a prior surgical amputation can accelerate spinal degeneration and aggravate subsequent pain, thereby establishing a causal link for disability compensation.

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spinal degeneration leg amputation accelerated injury work-related accident disability compensation causal link pain aggravation

Cited Legislation

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Act on Insurance Law
Act on Compensation for Work-Related Accidents
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insurance_1980_5078-1979
Insurance court rules accident contributed to tear, making it one-third compensable under Finnish insurance law.
insurance_1981_6941-1980
Insurance court denied mental disorder compensation when physical injury was the primary cause of symptoms.
kko-other_2010_2513
Supreme Court dismissed appeal regarding whether work injury benefits remained causally linked after August 2007.
insurance_2013_3812-2012
Insurance court allows disability pension for self-employed by weighing business income against medical evidence.
insurance_1980_1296-1979
Work injury compensation allowed for arthritis and cartilage softening caused by the accident.

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Työntekijä oli tammikuussa 1968 tapaturmaisesti vahingoittunut oikeaan yläraajaan seurauksin, että se oli jouduttu katkaisemaan säärestä. Vuonna 1979 hänellä oli todettu ristiselkävaivoja. VAKO epäsi korvauksen ristiselkävaivoista. III -jaosto KKO 2.6.1983: Selän toiminnanvajaus ja siitä johtuva kiputila liittyivät reisiamputaation aiheuttamaan poikkeukselliseen tukirangan rasitukseen siten, että reisiamputaatio oli nopeuttanut selän kulumamuutosten syntymistä ja siten pahentanut selän toiminnanvajavuutta ja kiputilaa. Korvaus selän toiminnanvajavuuden ja kiputilan pahentumisen johdosta määrättiin suoritettavaksi.