Temporary Disability Denied After Abdominoplasty and Liposuction
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The Court considers that "purely aesthetic surgery" is excluded from the public health system and is not entitled to IT subsidy.
The High Court of Justice of the Basque Country (TSJPV) has denied the receipt of temporary incapacity (IT) benefits to a woman who went on leave after having an abdominoplasty and liposuction for aesthetic reasons.
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Noticias de NavarraThe High Court of Justice of the Basque Country (TSJPV) has denied temporary incapacity benefit (IT) to a woman who went to a private clinic in Bilbao to undergo an abdominoplasty and liposuction for aesthetic reasons and who subsequently started a job leave. The court considers that, in the absence of a prior pathology justifying the intervention, purely aesthetic surgery does not give rise to the right to an IT subsidy.
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