Dear Derrick

 

Thank you for your request of 5 April 2017 asking for the following
information:

 

“Would you please provide me with information on numbers of claims
rejected by ACC (as a percentage) of claimants following injury, by age of
claimant, on the ACC's basis of degenerative changes or age related
conditions”.

 

ACC does not hold the information you have requested as degeneration and
age related conditions are not types of injury diagnoses. We therefore do
not record them in our reporting systems.

 

We are able to provide data on the number of accepted and declined claims
by age group. If you are interested in receiving this data, we recommend
you advise us of this in a new request.

 

Please note that if you do make a new request, we require you to provide
proof of standing, as below:

 

Section 12 of the Act provides that any person may make a request where
they are:

 

a)    a New Zealand citizen; or

b)    a permanent resident of New Zealand; or

c)    a person who is in New Zealand; or

d)    a body corporate which is incorporated in New Zealand; or

e)    a body corporate which is incorporated outside New Zealand but which
has a place of business in New Zealand.

 

An original of any one of the following items is acceptable as a
demonstration of your eligibility:

·                A recent bill from the company who supplies your power,
gas, water, phone or internet services

·            Council rates notice

·            A letter from the Electoral Office

·           Travel itinerary

·               Anything from a government agency that includes your name
and address

·           Unexpired Rental or Tenancy Agreement

 

We recommend sending personal details to [1][email address]
instead of via [2]www.fyi.org.nz. This way, these details will not be made
public online. You can make reference to your new [3]www.fyi.org.nz
request in your email.

 

Once we have received this information from you, and we are satisfied that
the requirements of section 12 have been met, we will acknowledge the
request and begin to consider its decision under the Act. 

 

 

Yours sincerely

Government Services

 

 

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