24 Jul 2018
Harris v Accident Compensation Corporation (Entitlements)
- Citation
- [2018] NZACC 116
- Court
- District Court
On balance the Court found a causal link between the accepted 2002 injuries (notably concussion/post-concussion syndrome and its sequelae) and the need for the diagnostic third occipital (C2-3) nerve block; imaging absence of structural C2-3 pathology did not bar entitlement because functional evidence and expert opinion established the procedure was clinically appropriate and causally connected to the accepted injuries, so funding is required under s67.