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  • Decision # 79/01

    Issue: Whether or not the claim is acceptable.

  • Decision # 78/01

    Issue: Whether or not the claimant is entitled to the payment of wage loss benefits beyond June 25, 1999.

  • Decision # 77/01

    Issue: Whether or not the claim is acceptable.

  • Decision # 76/01

    Issue: Whether or not the claimant is entitled to payment of wage loss benefits for the period May 6, 1999 to June 11, 1999, inclusive, as well as June 16, July 9 and August 5, 6, 1999.

  • Decision # 75/01

    Issue: Whether or not the worker was overpaid wage loss benefits for the period April 15, 1996 to December 27, 1996, inclusive.

  • Decision # 74/01

    Issue: Whether or not the claimant is entitled to wage loss benefits beyond June 1, 1998; and Whether or not the claimant's restrictions are related to the compensable injuries of June 21 and August 22, 1997.

  • Decision # 73/01

    Issue: Whether or not the claim is acceptable.

  • Decision # 72/01

    Issue: Whether or not responsibility should be accepted for the proposed carpal tunnel decompression surgery including any associated time loss, treatment or medical expenses.

  • Decision # 71/01

    Issue: Whether or not the worker had recovered from the effects of the compensable injury of December 28, 1999 by June 9, 2000.

  • Decision # 70/01

    Issue: Employer's Issue: Whether or not the claim for right sided carpal tunnel syndrome is acceptable on an acute basis. Claimant's Issue: Whether or not the claimant's persisting carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms are related to the two remote incidents occurring in September, 1998; and Whether or not responsibility should be accepted for the decompression surgery.

  • Decision # 69/01

    Issue: Whether or not the employer must pay a penalty of $150.00 for late reporting.

  • Decision # 68/01

    Issue: Whether or not the Workers Compensation Board (WCB) should accept responsibility for the costs of the claimant's prescriptions for Lanoxin/Digoxin and Furosemide; and Whether or not the claimant's impairment rating should have been reduced by 50%.

  • Decision # 67/01

    Issue: Whether or not the worker's average earnings have been calculated correctly.

  • Decision # 66/01

    Issue: Whether or not the claim is acceptable.

  • Decision # 65/01

    Issue: Whether or not the claimant's current and ongoing back problems are causally related to the general nature of the claimant's work and/or the compensable injuries of February 10, 1994, July 19, 1994, September 2, 1994, October 10, 1995, February 13, 1998, June 25, 1999 or October 13, 1999.

  • Decision # 64/01

    Issue: Claimant's Issue: Whether or not responsibility should be accepted for the worker's right ulnar neuropathy. Employer's Issue: Whether or not the claim for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is acceptable.

  • Decision # 63/01

    Issue: Whether or not the claimant is entitled to wage loss benefits beyond January 3, 2000.

  • Decision # 62/01

    Issue: Whether or not the claimant is entitled to further preventive vocational rehabilitation.

  • Decision # 61/01

    Issue: Whether or not responsibility should be accepted for the claimant's chiropractic treatment subsequent to February 12, 1996.

  • Decision # 60/01

    Issue: Whether or not the claimant is entitled to wage loss benefits beyond July 3, 2000.

  • Decision # 59/01

    Issue: Whether or not the claimant has recovered from the effects of his 1997 compensable injury; and, Whether or not the claimant is entitled to vocational rehabilitation assistance in relation to his 1982, 1990 or 1997 claims.

  • Decision # 58/01

    Issue: Whether or not the worker's left shoulder problems are considered to be related to the incident occurring on October 26, 1994.

  • Decision # 57/01

    Issue: Whether or not responsibility should be accepted for the claimant's right wrist ganglion.

  • Decision # 56/01

    Issue: Whether or not the claimant is entitled to benefits or services beyond June 26, 1998.

  • Decision # 55/01

    Issue: Whether or not the worker's weekly pre-accident average earnings have been calculated correctly.