24 Jan 2014
Shaw v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2014] NZACC 12
- Court
- District Court
The court held that on the lower statutory threshold of whether vocational independence 'may have deteriorated' the combined medical evidence (GP Dr Searle, neuropsychologist Ms Dawa, and specialist neuropsychiatrist Dr Newburn) gave reasonable grounds to believe the claimant's work capacity had deteriorated or had been underestimated in 2000 due to covered head injury; therefore a reassessment under s109(2)(b) was required and the earlier refusal was quashed.