4 Oct 2016
Gordon v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2016] NZACC 280
- Court
- District Court
The reviewer and medical assessors gave comprehensive, contemporaneous consideration to the appellant’s pain, medication and functional limitations; the weight of specialist medical evidence supporting capacity to sustain 30+ hours in the identified sedentary/light work types outweighed the GP’s restrictive opinion; vocational rehabilitation and work trial were sufficient for VI purposes and the late introduction of neuropsychological diagnosis of a mental injury was not appropriate on appeal and lacked the evidential basis to overturn the VI decision; accordingly the reviewer’s decision was…