What is the legal test for impairment of a claimant's ability to work?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from D. L. v Minister of Employment and Social Development, 2015 CanLII 104666 (SST):
The key question in these cases is not the nature or name of the medical condition, but its functional effect on the claimant’s ability to work (Ferreira v. AGC, 2013 FCA 81).
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