§ 9 Ordinance on the Federal Act on Accident Insurance (UVG) - Final Provision

UV.2022.25 · bs (Art. 9 Abs. 1 UVG)

Home Care Employee Covid-19 Infection Recognized as Occupational Disease

The court's decision to grant the appeal and recognize the Covid-19 illness as an occupational disease is based on the finding that the professional activity constituted a predominant cause for the illness, implying the double risk threshold of this article was met.

UV.2022.25 · bs (Art. 9 Abs. 2 UVG)

Home Care Employee Covid-19 Infection Recognized as Occupational Disease

The court noted that recognizing the illness under the general clause (Art. 9 Abs. 2 UVG) was unnecessary since the conditions under Art. 9 Abs. 1 UVG were met.

UV.2022.21 · bs (Art. 9 UVG)

Senior Physician's COVID-19 Infection Not Occupational Disease

The court applied this article in conjunction with Art. 6 Abs. 1 UVG to determine that the Covid-19 infection did not qualify as an occupational disease, leading to the dismissal of the appeal.

UV.2020.46 · bs (Art. 9 Abs. 2 UVG)

Welders' Cervical Spine Degeneration Benefit Appeal Dismissed

This article governs the conditions under which other diseases, besides listed ones, are considered occupational diseases, which was the central issue in the denial of benefits.

UV.2020.32 · bs (Art. 9 Abs. 1 UVG)

Appeal Dismissed: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Not Compensable Occupational Disease

The court implicitly confirmed the application of this provision by finding that the Karpaltunnelsyndrom (CTS) was not established as a compensable occupational disease because the causal link (more than 50%) was not met, which is the standard set by this article for listed diseases.

UV.2020.32 · bs (Art. 9 Abs. 2 UVG)

Appeal Dismissed: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Not Compensable Occupational Disease

The court determined that examining the requirements of this article (75% causation) was unnecessary because the lower threshold of Art. 9 Abs. 1 (more than 50%) was not met.

UV.2020.8 · bs (Art. 9 Abs. 1 UVG)

Appeal Dismissed: Occupational Disease Claim for Lung Condition Denied

The court rejected the appeal, confirming that the lung disease was not considered a disease caused predominantly or exclusively by the professional activity, as defined in this article, based on the expert evidence.

UV.2019.21 · bs (Art. 9 Abs. 2 UVG)

Appeal Dismissed: Back and Hip Ailments Not Occupational Disease Due to Lack of Causal Link

The court implicitly upheld the rejection of benefits based on the finding that the required threshold of at least 75% causal link between the work and the ailments was not met under this provision.