26 May 2004
Luke v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2004] NZACC 149
- Court
- District Court
The home help reassessment was flawed because the assessor failed to give sufficient weight to contemporaneous medical evidence (specialist and GP); therefore the primary decision reducing hours was set aside and prior entitlements restored pending reassessment after consultation with the GP. The discontinuation of podiatry was also set aside because foot care needs were causally connected to the injury or, alternatively, constituted social rehabilitation that had previously been funded but omitted from the individual rehabilitation plan; appellant entitled to podiatry and the respondent must…