19 Sept 2011
Skinner v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2011] NZACC 270
- Court
- District Court
Reassessments by multiple specialists attributed less than 10% Whole Person Impairment to the appellant's covered occupational hearing loss and, as a matter of law, injuries after commencement of the 2001 Act cannot be included in Independence Allowance assessments; therefore the appellant does not meet the statutory 10% threshold and the respondent's decision to discontinue the Independence Allowance is upheld.