Nov 26 2008
Take It Back
On October 29th, I had my final appeal with WCB. With a slim chance of having a decision in my favour at this point, I had accepted that the matter was essentially over.
Until today…
I won my appeal with WorkSafeBC! A very rare event, but the WCAT decided that I was entitled to benefits.
So, what this means for me is this..
- My back injury is recognized as a workplace injury. With (most likely) another 30 years left of my life to work, this is a VERY good thing to have documented in the event that something happens again.
- I should receive the difference between what I was getting from my disability benefits and what I should have been getting on WCB.
I don’t know at this point what this means beyond this. I’m just happy that someone has finally recognized that I was hurt while working and should be compensated for it. Just because I didn’t document things in a timely manner does not mean it didn’t happen.
So, it apparently does pay to fight back when you are initially denied your claim! Yaay me!