16 Nov 2004
Sylvester v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2004] NZACC 356
- Court
- District Court
The appeal was dismissed because the IRP was effectively agreed, there was insufficient evidence that the occupational assessor failed to address relevant factors or acted improperly, the medical assessment by the appointed assessor stood, and although some recommended jobs required qualifications the vocational independence decision included at least two occupations (sales representative and office clerk) that did not obviously exceed the appellant's vocational and physical capacity, establishing vocational independence for purposes of the Act.