The claimant sought removal from the MIG, entitlement to various medical/rehabilitation benefits (which were denied due to the insurer’s position that the MIG applied to the claimant’s injuries), and interest on the payment of overdue benefits. Adjudicator Kaur found that the claimant’s pre-existing conditions did not remove him from the MIG and that he sustained predominantly minor injuries as a result of the accident (his family physician’s notes consistently referred to his injury as a sprain; psychologically, while these notes documented the claimant’s emotional symptoms, they were not sufficient to warrant MIG removal). Since Adjudicator Kaur found the claimant’s injuries to be predominantly minor in nature, he did not have to address whether the disputed treatment plans were reasonable and necessary.
