What is the test for establishing that a physician's assessment of pain, disability and recommended treatment is based on a medical opinion?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Jamal v. Kemery-Higgins, 2017 BCSC 213 (CanLII):

The court further states that a trial judge must “determine some evidentiary link between the physician's assessment of pain, disability and recommended treatment”: Clark v. Kouba, 2014 BCCA 50 at para. 45.

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