4 Dec 1998
Bunting v Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation
- Citation
- [1998] NZACC 256
- Court
- District Court
Medical evidence established that extensive degenerative arthritis predated the 1995 accident and, although the accident exacerbated symptoms, it was not the direct or substantial cause of the need for knee replacement surgery; therefore the Review Officer's decision declining cover was correct and the appeal is dismissed.