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VakO 29.1.1985/1007:84 AI generated

Insurance court allowed delayed compensation for chronic pain syndrome following an initial back injury.

Case Number VakO 29.1.1985/1007:84
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Jurisdiction Finland (FI)
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Outcome Allowed / Granted
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The insurance court reversed the accident board's decision to deny compensation for a chronic pain syndrome that developed months after an initial back injury. The employee argued that the original retching injury caused the subsequent left-sided pain syndrome, while the insurance board initially claimed the two conditions were unrelated. The court ruled that the causal link between the initial trauma and the later chronic condition was established, thereby authorizing the delayed compensation claim.

Legislator headnote

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Insurance Act s. 10; Accident Board Act s. 12: A causal relationship between an initial work-related injury and a subsequent chronic pain syndrome is sufficient to justify compensation for the later developed symptoms.

Keywords

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work injury compensation chronic pain syndrome causal relationship delayed medical symptoms insurance liability

Cited Legislation

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Insurance Act s. 10
Accident Board Act s. 12
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insurance_1981_10164-1980
Insurance court dismissed claim for disability compensation when injury resulted from employee's own slip and fall.
insurance_1982_7500-1981
Work injury claim dismissed because pre-existing conditions and gradual wear contributed to the accident.
insurance_1982_1345-1981
Insurance court dismissed claim for pain and disability compensation due to lack of medical causation evidence.
insurance_1978_2413-1977
Insurance court dismissed claim for shoulder inflammation compensation when injury was deemed unrelated to work accident.
kko-precedent_1989_154
Supreme Court allows partial accident compensation when pre-existing eye disease significantly reduced injury severity.

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Työntekijä oli työssä kompastunut ja kaatunut, jolloin hänen selkänsä oli retkahtanut. Kolmen kuukauden kuluttua hänellä oli todettu vasemmanpuoleinen iskiasoireisto. Selän venähdyksestä suoritettiin korvausta kuuden kuukauden ajalta. Vakuutusoikeus katsoi työntekijän saaneen selän retkahdusvamman, minkä seurauksena oli kehittynyt vasemmanpuoleinen iskiasoireyhtymä. Näin ollen määrättiin suoritettavaksi korvausta retkahdusvammastaja mainitun kuuden kuukauden jälkeen iskiaksesta. Tapaturmalautakunnan päätöstä muutettiin. (Äänestys 4-1) V-jaosto