What is the test for determining whether work is a primary cause of a worker’s disability?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from WCAT-2010-01177 (Re), 2010 CanLII 42290 (BC WCAT):
Work does not have to be the sole cause (Chima v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal, 2009 BCSC 1574) nor the dominant cause of a worker’s disability (Schulmeister v. British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal), 2007 BCSC 1580), be it physical or psychological. Work need only be of causative significance.
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