Key legal question
Whether the accident of 10 July 2007 remained the natural cause of the knee condition justifying continued SUVA benefits and coverage of implantation costs.
Extracted holding
The accident was not proven to be the natural cause of the cruciate ligament lesion to the required degree of probability; only a temporary aggravation of a pre-existing degenerative condition was established.
Extracted reasoning
The Federal Court relied on the file and the medical reports, and found no reason to depart from the cantonal court’s assessment that the causal link was not established with predominating probability.