Is there a weakness in the evidence of a nurse who did not relate the onset of symptoms in her foot to the sensation she felt while repositioning a patient?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from WCAT-2009-02715 (Re), 2009 CanLII 77631 (BC WCAT):
Using the test in Faryna v. Chorny, I find it reasonable the worker did not relate the onset of symptoms in her foot to the incident. However, I find it unlikely the worker began to notice back pain later that day and that she was “brutally sore” the next day, yet she did not relate it to the sensation she felt while repositioning the patient. As a result, I find this is a serious weakness in her evidence, as described in the RSCM II policy item #97.32.
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