17 May 2018
Milner v Accident Compensation Corporation (Funding for Surgery)
- Citation
- [2018] NZACC 75
- Court
- District Court
On the evidence the appellant failed to prove on the balance of probabilities that the multi‑level lumbar pathology requiring surgery was caused by the 2014 accident or was a covered consequence of earlier ACC injuries; independent expert opinion and imaging established congenital/developmental and long‑standing degenerative causes for the stenosis and the surgery treated degeneration, so ACC's decline and the reviewer’s decision were correct and must be upheld.