Easthope v Accident Compensation Corporation (Review of Claim for Social Rehabilitation) [2025] NZACC 091 [pdf, 187 KB]
...him based on an 8% whole person impairment. [4] In November 2010, Mr Easthope experienced pain in his shoulder after moving furniture. He saw Mr Bruce Twaddle, Orthopaedic Surgeon, who identified osteoarthritis in the left shoulder joint and requested funding surgery, suggesting that the need for surgery was related to the accident in 1986. The Corporation initially declined the request, but, at review, the Corporation was directed to investigate the matter further. After obtai...