[2021] NZACC 137 – L v ACC (30 August 2021) [pdf, 328 KB]
...pain was constant across the lumbar spine and radiated into the right leg, this report being 23rd September, 2016. Unquestionably, the lumbar puncture caused acute back pain. The critical question is why this acute pain, without detectable enduring organic/physiological damage, evolved into a chronic pain syndrome. … Dr James Wright, Psychiatrist documented on the 10th May, 2017 that: “[the appellant] presents with multiple social, psychological and medical problems, a lif...