The insurer raised a preliminary issue, arguing that the claimant’s entitlement to medical benefits and IRBs was barred for non-attendance at s. 44 examinations. Adjudicator Tavlin Kaur found that the insurer’s notices of examination in relation to IRBs did not comply with the SABS as they did not refer at all to the claimant’s medical conditions or the SABS provisions on which the insurer relied. The claimant was permitted to continue to a hearing for her IRB claim. Adjudicator Kaur found that the insurer’s notice with respect to medical benefits was satisfactory as it referenced the MIG, medical and rehabilitation benefits, and the claimant’s medical condition. The claimant’s claims relating to medical and rehabilitation benefits were barred from proceeding to a hearing. Adjudicator Kaur declined to exercise her discretion to allow the claimant to continue with these issues as she had not provided reasons for her non-attendance at the insurer examinations, nor had she made any written submissions at the preliminary issue hearing.
