8 Feb 2010
Simmonds v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2010] NZACC 17
- Court
- District Court
The appeal is dismissed because the appellant failed to establish on the present evidence a current necessity for wheelchair-related social rehabilitation; the medical and occupational therapy evidence was inconclusive, material time has elapsed since the assessments, and social rehabilitation cannot be effectively backdated, so the Corporation's decision to decline funding is upheld.