If you hire a lawyer, he or she will first and foremost try
to make sure that your case is properly “established.” This means that the
Board has issued an official, written decision finding that your injury was
sustained at work and deciding what parts of the body were injured. If your
case was accepted and even paid by the carrier but there was never a Workers’
Compensation Board (WCB) decision officially deciding it, your case is not
established.
WCB NUMBER
Probably the most important thing you can do if you are
injured at work is to make sure you receive a WCB number for your case. A WCB
number is not the case number given by the carrier. It is a separate number
assigned by the WCB. For volunteer firefighters, it starts with F. For
volunteer ambulance workers, it starts with the letter A. For everyone else, a
WCB number starts with the letter G.
“ The most important thing you can do if you are injured at
work is to make sure you receive a WCB number for your case.”
Once you have a WCB number for your case, you will no longer
be at the complete mercy of the carrier. Without a WCB number, the Board cannot
help you. To obtain a WCB number, you need to file a C-3 Claim Form with the
WCB (see Filing a Claim).
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