Key legal question
Whether the 2005 cervical complaints were a relapse or late consequence of the 24 September 2001 event.
Extracted holding
The later complaints were not a relapse or late consequence because the earlier incident had caused only a temporary flare-up, not the underlying condition; no bridging symptoms were shown.
Extracted reasoning
A relapse presupposes that the earlier insured accident caused or materially worsened the damage. Here the degenerative disc condition pre-existed and there was no medically proven incapacity or treatment need between 2002 and 2005.