When a disease is not listed in the Schedules are there alternatives tools available to assist the adjudicators?
Employees receive compensation for a disease if it is established that the disease is caused5 by work, even when the disease is not listed in the Schedules.6 The WCB has issued many “policies” or “guidelines” that assist adjudicators on how to handle claims on an individual basis. These policies are created by the WCB as a result of the investigation of many instances of a specific disease. In instances where the evidence is equivocal about whether a disease is caused by work, the IDSP has recommended that the Board create specific policies and guidelines concerning the disease. This approach was adopted by the IDSP in its Report of Findings on Scleroderma. The lack of certainty about the work association may exist because there is little known about the disease or because there is contradictory evidence about an association. When and if the evidence becomes stronger it may be appropriate for the IDSP to issue revised recommendations to the Board which may endorse entering the disease
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