The Commission retains statutory responsibility for medical aid, but it must implement a WCAT decision according to the Tribunal’s case specific reasoning rather than mechanically treating an opioid policy ceiling as dispositive where the Tribunal found strict adherence inappropriate on the evidence. The formal disposition dismissed the appeal, upheld the WCAT decision, supplemented its reasons, and remitted implementation to the Commission to the extent opioid funding was being denied because of the policy ceiling.
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Knox v. Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission, 2026 NBCA 102
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Held. The Commission retains statutory responsibility for medical aid, but it must implement a WCAT decision according to the Tribunal’s case specific reasoning rather than mechanically treating an opioid policy ceiling as dispositive where the…
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