29 Jun 1999
Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation v Spedding
- Citation
- [1999] NZACC 166
- Court
- District Court
On the total medical evidence the respondent's ongoing symptoms are substantially caused by pre-existing degenerative changes in the lumbar spine; there is insufficient medical support that the accidents themselves caused the degenerative condition or are the predominant cause of ongoing incapacity, therefore s10 excludes cover and the appellant's decision to cease entitlements was correct; the procedural irregularity did not necessitate rehearing because the substantive appeal succeeds.