projets
ATA/441/1996 ΓÇó No natural causality for carpal tunnel syndrome; no occupational disease
ATA/441/1996Cour de justice / Chambre administrative27 août 1996Dismissed
The court held that the appellant's carpal tunnel syndrome lacked natural causal connection to the hand accident. It further found that her neck and back complaints were not caused by her catering work and therefore could not be recognized as an occupational disease under Art. 9(2) LAA. The appeal was dismissed.
Art. 9 al. 2 LAA; occupational disease and natural causality in accident insurance: cervical and dorsal complaints are not an occupational disease unless a sufficient causal link to the professional activity is established. A carpal tunnel syndrome is not covered as accident-related absent proof of a natural causal connection with the hand accident. Mere temporal proximity or the presence of symptoms does not suffice; the insured bears the burden of demonstrating the required causal nexus.
Descripteurs
ASSURANCE SOCIALE; ACCIDENT; AA; CAUSALITE NATURELLE; LESION DE LA MAIN; ASSU
Normes
LAA.9 al.2
Résumé
Syndrome du canal carpien sans causalité avec un accident de la main. Les troubles dorsaux et à la nuque de la recourante ne sont pas dus à l'activité professionnelle de la recourante (catering). Il n'y a donc pas lieu de reconnaître une maladie professionnelle.