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VakO 10.5.1983/10352:81 AI generated

Insurance court dismissed claim for occupational disease compensation due to lack of medical causation evidence.

Case Number VakO 10.5.1983/10352:81
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Jurisdiction Finland (FI)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed
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The Finnish Insurance Court dismissed the claimant's request for occupational disease compensation regarding symptoms appearing between 1973 and 1974. The claimant alleged exposure to cleaning agents, solvents, and exhaust fumes during work from 1962 to 1978, while the insurer denied liability citing insufficient proof of a direct causal link. The court ruled that the medical evidence failed to establish that the listed occupational hazards were the primary cause of the specific neurological and physical symptoms.

Legislator headnote

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Insurance Act 1970; Occupational Disease Act 1970: Compensation is only payable when there is a medically established causal connection between the specific occupational hazards and the diagnosed symptoms.

Keywords

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occupational disease compensation medical causation evidence insurance liability denial neurological symptoms chemical exposure claim

Cited Legislation

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Insurance Act 1970
Occupational Disease Act 1970
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insurance_1979_7868-1978
Occupational disease claim dismissed; symptoms from 1963 not linked to 1976 solvent exposure.
kko-precedent_2000_118
Supreme Court dismisses occupational disease claim due to insufficient evidence linking mold exposure to allergic rhinitis.
kko-other_2007_1080
Supreme Court dismisses occupational disease claim for lung conditions caused by moldy workspaces.
insurance_1979_8793-1978
Insurance court dismissed claim for occupational disease compensation due to lack of causal link between work and injury.
insurance_1981_5531-1980
Insurance court allows disability compensation for a painter's chemical-induced polyneuropathy under Finnish Act on Occupational Diseases.

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Henkilö oli vuosina 1962-1978 ollut siivoojana rakennuksilla ja keskuskorjaamolla ja käyttänyt työssään pesusoodaa, tärpättiä sekä tinneriä ja joutunut alttiiksi autojen pakokaasuille ja korjaustilan pesussa käytetyille liuotinaineille. Talvesta 1973-1974 hänellä oli ilmennyt pahoinvointia, hikoilua, jatkuvaa kurkkukipua ja sittemmin ajoittaista humalantunnetta, vapinaa, päänsärkyä, muistin huononemista, tasapainoja näköhäiriöitä, keskittymiskyvyn häiriöitä ja sydämentykytystä. VAKO epäsi korvauksen mainituista vaivoista. VI -jaosto KKO 17.5.1984 = VAKO (Lääkintöhallitus: Ahlman)