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VakO 7.12.1982/7638:81 AI generated

Insurance court dismissed claim for occupational disease compensation after 30 years of painting work.

Case Number VakO 7.12.1982/7638:81
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Finland (FI)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed
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The Finnish Insurance Court dismissed the employee's claim for occupational disease compensation despite his 30-year career as a painter and specific medical diagnoses. The insurer argued that the diagnosed conditions, including tendonitis and bursitis, were not directly caused by his work duties. The court rejected the claim because the medical evidence failed to establish a sufficient causal link between the job and the ailments.

Legislator headnote

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Insurance Act; Occupational Disease Act: Compensation is denied when medical evidence does not establish a direct causal link between work duties and the diagnosed occupational disease.

Keywords

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occupational disease compensation causal link requirement painter work history tendonitis diagnosis insurance liability denial

Cited Legislation

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Insurance Act
Occupational Disease Act
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insurance_1978_3854-1977
Insurance court dismissed claim for occupational disease compensation due to lack of causal link between repetitive movements and injury.
insurance_1979_7868-1978
Occupational disease claim dismissed; symptoms from 1963 not linked to 1976 solvent exposure.
insurance_1981_5531-1980
Insurance court allows disability compensation for a painter's chemical-induced polyneuropathy under Finnish Act on Occupational Diseases.
insurance_1983_4966-1982
Insurance court dismissed claim for work-related injury compensation due to lack of causal link between repetitive motion and diagnosed conditions.
insurance_1979_5903-1974
Occupational disease compensation granted for repetitive strain injury from ironing despite employer denial.

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Työntekijä oli työskennellyt 30 vuotta maalarina. Toukokuussa 1978 hänelle oli ilmaantunut oikean yläraajan ja hartian vaivoja. Hänen todettiin potevan oikeassa ranteessa ojentajalihaksen jännetupentulehdusta, oikean olkaluun ulomman sivunastan tulehdusta ja oikeanpuoleisen kaksipäisen lihaksen pitkän jänteen jännetupentulehdusta. VAKO epäsi korvauksen sairauksista. VI-jaosto (äänestys 3 2) KKO 11.4.1984 = VAKO (Lääkintöhallitus: Huittinen Ahlman)