Moonen v Accident Compensation Corporation (Rehabilitation – Aid for Appliance) [2024] NZACC 186 (20 November 2024) [pdf, 354 KB]
...pain from standing that was later aggravated by a fall”. [42] The CAP observed: “We note that the clinicians who have treated the client over the years have suggested different levels (L3/4, L4/5, L5/S1) of the lumbar spine may have been responsible for symptoms. This is not supportive of traumatic causation of the underlying changes or changes specifically at the L4/5 level. It would appear that various clinicians over the years have struggled to attribute the client's s...