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A Case Study in Workers’ Compensation Advocacy
Appeals Commission Overturns WCB Reduction of Benefits at Age 65 Transportation Owner-Operator I. Introduction At Blue Collar Consulting, we pride ourselves on fighting the cases others might consider settled. This is the story of a transportation owner-operator whose workplace injury led to a below-the-knee amputation, ended his career, and then — in what should have...
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A Case Study in Workers’ Compensation Advocacy Appeals Commission Confirms PTSD Recurrence as Compensable — Former Paramedic
I. Introduction At Blue Collar Consulting, we know that psychological injuries do not follow a straight line. A worker can reach a period of stability and then relapse — and when that relapse is a reactivation of a compensable condition rather than a new and independent illness, WCB’s responsibility follows the original injury. This is...
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A Case Study in Workers’ Compensation Advocacy Appeals Commission Accepts PTSD-Related Hernia as Compensable Injury
I. Introduction At Blue Collar Consulting, we understand that workplace injuries do not always follow a simple path. Sometimes an accepted compensable condition sets off a chain of physical consequences that WCB is reluctant to follow. This is the story of one such case. Our client had an accepted compensable diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder...
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A Case Study in Workers’ Compensation Advocacy Appeals Commission Reverses WCB Denial of Permanent Disability Benefits
I. Introduction At Blue Collar Consulting, we know that WCB denials are not always grounded in a careful review of the evidence. Sometimes the problem is not the absence of medical documentation. It is the failure to properly evaluate what that documentation actually means for a worker’s ability to perform suitable employment. A partial read...
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A Case Study in Workers’ Compensation AdvocacyAppeals Commission Overturns WCB Denial in Plantar Fasciitis Case
I. Introduction At Blue Collar Consulting, we believe that no denial should go unchallenged when the evidence supports the worker. This is the story of a health care worker who developed debilitating plantar fasciitis after an extended shift on hard institutional flooring. She had no prior history of foot problems, no known risk factors, and...
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The Pre-Existing Condition Defence Just Lost in BC. Here’s Why It Usually Does
Blue Collar Consulting represents both workers and employers across Canada. This is the story of one of our recent worker-side wins in BC. A Blue Collar client we’ll call Nicole showed up for a cleaning job in Kimberley, BC last November. The gate at the property had come off its rail. She lifted it back...
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The Appealable Issue: Why Getting It Right Early Can Make or Break a WCB Appeal
Why this matters more than most injured workers realize When most injured workers think about appealing a WCB decision, they understandably focus on the outcome. They think about the benefit that was denied, the medical evidence that was overlooked, the restrictions that were misunderstood, or the feeling that the Board simply got it wrong. But...
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You Searched for a WCB Lawyer. What You Actually Need Is a WCB Advocate.
You’re here because something went wrong. Your WCB claim was denied. Your benefits were cut. WCB is pushing you back to work before you’re ready. Or you’ve been fighting this for months and you’re getting nowhere. You searched for a WCB lawyer in Alberta. That’s the natural instinct — when the system wrongs you, you...
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