The claimant applied to the LAT disputing entitlement to attendant care benefits and medical benefits. The dispute proceeded by written hearing. Adjudicator Lake held that the claimant was not entitled to ACBs for the three periods claimed. For the first period, Adjudicator Lake dismissed the claim as the claimant sought benefits prior to submission of a Form 1, which was not permitted per s. 42. For the second period, Adjudicator Lake dismissed the claim because, while Allstate approved ACBs at the rate of $3,000 per month, the claimant did not provide any evidence that his son and attendant care provider sustained an economic loss nor that the claimant incurred the expenses as the claimant did not submit attendant care invoices. Adjudicator Lake did not find there was any evidence that Allstate withheld ACBs and therefore, she declined to deem the expenses incurred. As for the third period, Allstate reduced the claimant’s ACBs to $448.49 per month. Adjudicator Lake held that even if she accepted the claimant’s higher ACB rate, the claimant again failed to produce evidence that ACBs were incurred and that his son suffered an economic loss. Adjudicator Lake also dismissed the claimant for “planning, service” under the treatment plans, as this was not payable per the FSCO Professional Services Guideline.
