Does a strong medical opinion support that a recommended treatment is both reasonable and necessary?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from MacDonald v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, 2014 BCSC 2155 (CanLII):
In Tiessen v. ICBC, 2008 BCSC 1822 at paras. 33-36, the court noted that a strong medical opinion will usually support that a recommended treatment is both reasonable and necessary. Nevertheless, it always remains the case that the court has the ability to scrutinize the medical opinion in question and accept or reject that opinion, in whole or in part, in deciding whether or not the treatment comes within the provisions of the Regulation.
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