When assessing whether a transport accident injury satisfies the 'very considerable' test under s 93(17)(a) of the Transport Accident Act 1986 (Vic), the court must examine the impact of the injury on the applicant as a whole, including the effect of pre-existing injuries even where those injuries are to a different body function from the injuries sustained in the transport accident. The applicant bears the responsibility for adducing sufficient evidence of the pre-existing condition to enable the court to perform this assessment.
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