14 Jun 2018
Raman v Accident Compensation Corporation (Suspension of Entitlements)
- Citation
- [2018] NZACC 89
- Court
- District Court
The Court preferred the detailed reasoning of the independent reviewer (Mr Pai) and Dr Thakurdas over the treating surgeon (Mr Hadlow) and concluded ACC had a sufficient evidential basis under s117 to suspend entitlements because the claimant's symptoms were better explained as an aggravation of pre-existing degenerative cervical spondylosis with a multifactorial chronic pain picture and lacked objective neurological correlation to a traumatic isolated disc injury.