2 Aug 2017
Olsson v Accident Compensation Corporation (Vocational Independence)
- Citation
- [2017] NZACC 89
- Court
- District Court
The Court accepted that the VIOA and Dr Christian's VIMA lawfully assessed the appellant's current functional capacity at the 2013 assessment date, that PTSD and pain had been considered and were not shown to preclude the selected light/medium work types, and that subsequent discovery of retained suture fragments and later reports did not provide clear and cogent evidence to overturn the assessors' 2013 conclusions; therefore the Corporation's decision that the appellant had attained vocational independence was correct and must be upheld.