What is the evidence supporting a worker's claim that she fainted following an accident?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from WCAT-2016-01073 (Re), 2016 CanLII 152235 (BC WCAT):
While the worker submitted that the emergency department report, emergency nursing assessment form, and ambulance service report provide the most contemporaneous evidence regarding the accident, the reports’ inconsistencies with one another reduce the amount of weight I place upon them. Instead, I place greater weight on the patient’s account of the event, corroborated, in part, by the co-worker’s statement that the patient advised the worker had fainted. In applying the principle set forth in Faryna v. Chorny, I find the evidence upon which the worker relies does not harmonize with the other evidence on file.
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