Worker can’t prove permanent impairment from second accident

Medical reports couldn’t distinguish effects of earlier workplace accident from more recent one; no physical restrictions indicated

The appeals Resolution Office of the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has upheld the rejection of a claim for workers’ compensation benefits for a permanent back injury that the worker claimed was the result of a workplace accident more than two decades ago.

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