The claimant sought entitlement to a series of catastrophic impairment assessments. The insurer argued that the medical benefits available to the claimant had been exhausted and that the assessments were therefore not payable. Adjudicator Grant disagreed with the insurer and held that the medical benefits limits did not apply to catastrophic impairment assessments because such assessments were not medical benefits. In terms of the various assessments, Adjudicator Grant approved the physiatry assessment, psychological assessment, two occupational therapy assessments, and a final AMA ratings assessment, he declined to award the file review assessment because a file review was to be performed as part of each approved assessment.
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