A Madrid court has recognized a computer programmer permanent total disability due to the consequences of post-covid syndromegiven the high cognitive impairment and the functional, anatomical and psychiatric consequences that prevent him from carrying out any type of work.
In a ruling dated October 15, the social court number 18 of Madrid has resolved a dispute between a computer programmer and the National Social Security Institute (INNS). Different medical reports confirmed that the man suffered from post-covid syndrome with severe fatigue and cognitive deficits, mainly in attention and processing speed, but Social Security denied him permanent disability.
The Madrid court remembers that for one or more ailments to be likely to cause permanent disability Its effects have to be objective, that is, that can be demonstrated; that are “foreseeably definitive”, incurable or irreversible, and that are serious and prevent the performance of “any profession or trade.”
Post-covid syndrome in severe stage
The medical reports provided are sufficient to demonstrate that the man could not perform any profession or trade, “because as the expert correctly points out, The patient suffers from post-covid syndrome in a severe stagewith musculoskeletal, neurological and psychiatric sequelae, which clearly affect their quality of life,” the ruling indicates.
This post-covid syndrome also results in a “cognitive impairment that does not allow the execution of work tasks with attention and processing speed“concludes the judge.
The Madrid court highlights that this incapacity means that a specific job cannot be carried out, but others can, although in the present case the worker is absolutely incapable of carrying out any activity, given his physical and mental limitations.
From the Parrado Abogados law firm, which has represented the worker, they highlight that the ruling allows us to continue making visible “a devastating pathology“, that They leave consequences that prevent the development of a life normal work and personal.
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