Occupational therapy treatment plan for pain management found reasonable and necessary; insurer ordered to pay.
The applicant was injured in a motor vehicle accident and sought payment for an occupational therapy treatment plan that the insurer denied.
The adjudicator found that the applicant suffered from chronic pain and psychological impairments as a result of the accident.
The adjudicator concluded that the proposed occupational therapy, which focused on pain management and increasing functional activity, was a reasonable and necessary method of treating the applicant's impairments.
The insurer was ordered to pay the treatment plan amount of $3,358.14 plus interest.
OLATOntario Licence Appeal TribunalMar 16, 2017
