16 Mar 2016
Harris v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2016] NZACC 66
- Court
- District Court
The IRP had been completed and ACC was entitled to proceed to assessment; the occupational and medical assessors (Ms Mannering and Dr Murray) considered the claimant's literacy, computer skills, pain and psychiatric reports (including Dr Lowe) and reasonably concluded he was fit for the identified work types for 30 hours or more per week; any technical defect in ACC's prior denial of cover for depression did not render the VIMA invalid because the assessor substantively considered the depressive symptoms and pain and reached a supported conclusion; the 30 hour threshold applied.