The claimant sought entitlement to IRBs and ACBs. The insurer sought repayment of IRBs paid for a period that the claimant was working. Adjudicator Bickley denied entitlement to both IRBs and ACBs. She held that the claimant’s return to work shortly after the accident and frequency gym attendances suggested that the claimant did not suffer a substantial inability to engage in her employment, and that she did not require assistance with personal care. Adjudicator Bickley also held that the claimed attendant care expenses were not incurred because the claimant’s daughter had not submitted any evidence of an economic loss. In terms of the claim for repayment, Adjudicator Bickley allowed the repayment issue to be added as an issue at the beginning of the hearing. The claimant’s representative acknowledged an overpayment for the period which the claimant had returned to work after the accident. The claimant was ordered to repay $2,984.59 in IRBs plus interest.
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