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VakO 18.9.1990/5147:89 AI generated

Occupational disease onset date determined as 1987, granting compensation despite prior 1988 medical confirmation.

Case Number VakO 18.9.1990/5147:89
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Jurisdiction Finland (FI)
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The Occupational Disease Act deemed the onset of the occupational lung disease to be January 1, 1987, rather than the confirmed January 21, 1988, medical date. The insured, who worked over 20 years as an automatic machine operator without accident insurance in his own business, argued for compensation based on this earlier statutory date. The court upheld the Occupational Disease Board's decision, allowing the claim because the law deemed the disease to have manifested on the earlier date.

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Occupational Disease Act s. 2; The onset date of an occupational disease is determined by the date the disease is deemed to have manifested under the Act, not necessarily the date of first medical confirmation, thereby establishing the right to compensation from that earlier date.

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occupational disease onset date occupational disease Act compensation entitlement automatic machine operator medical confirmation date

Cited Legislation

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Occupational Disease Act s. 2
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insurance_2000_9753-1999
Supreme Court rules solvent exposure causing brain changes constitutes occupational disease under Finnish Act on Occupational Diseases.
insurance_1968_5385-1981
Insurance court dismissed claim for work-related shoulder injury compensation due to lack of direct causal link between repetitive welding and specific tendonitis.
insurance_1981_7845-1980
Insurance court dismissed claim for occupational disease compensation due to lack of causal link between saw use and shoulder inflammation.
insurance_1996_6485-1995
Insurance court ruled that occupational disease onset date was December 1, 1993, not January 12, 1994, to ensure fair compensation.
insurance_2002_9685-2001
Court dismissed appeal against unemployment benefits denial due to failure to meet continuous business operation requirements.

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Ammattitaudiksi katsotun keuhkoastman ilmenemisajankohdaksi oli vahvistettu 21.1.1988, jolloin vakuutettu oli ensimmäisen kerran hakeutunut lääkäriin ammattitaudin johdosta. Hän oli yli 20 vuoden ajan työskennellyt automaalarina ja 1.7.1987 alkaen samassa työssä omassa automaalaamoyrityksessä. Omassa yritystoiminnassa hänellä ei ollut tapaturmavakuutusta. Ammattitautiasetuksen (30.1.1987) 2 §:n nojalla katsottiin ammattitaudin ilmenneen jo 1.1.1987 ja vakuutetulla näin ollen olevan oikeuden ammattitautikorvaukseen. Tapaturmalautakunnan päätöstä ei muutettu. VI-jaosto