2018 ONWSIAT 3800 | 2018 ONWSIAT 3800 (CanLII)
Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal | File No. 2525/18 | Date: 2018-12-06 | Hearing: Oral hearing
PSR Role: psychological pain assessment within neuropsychological testing
During a multidisciplinary brain injury assessment at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, neuropsychological testing included the Pain Symptom Ratings Inventory – Revised as part of a broader evaluation of cognitive and psychological functioning.
Why It Matters: The decision demonstrates PSR being incorporated into formal neuropsychological assessment batteries used in tribunal evidence.
Key Holding: PSR-based assessment formed part of the psychological evaluation examining symptom presentation and credibility.
This decision examines a worker’s claim of ongoing symptoms following a head injury and considers evidence from multidisciplinary assessments conducted at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute.
Citation
Decision No. 2525/18, 2018 ONWSIAT 3800 (CanLII).
Background
The worker sustained a head injury when a loudspeaker blown by wind struck her during a workplace incident in 2009.
She later reported persistent symptoms including dizziness, headaches, and cognitive difficulties.
Neuropsychological Assessment
During a multidisciplinary assessment at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, the worker underwent extensive neuropsychological testing.
The testing battery included multiple cognitive, psychological and symptom validity instruments.
Role of Pain Symptoms Ratings Inventory
The Pain Symptom Ratings Inventory – Revised was administered as part of the neuropsychological testing battery to evaluate pain-related symptom reporting and psychological presentation.
Tribunal Findings
The tribunal accepted the findings of the multidisciplinary assessments indicating that the worker had recovered from the organic effects of the accident and that ongoing symptoms were not attributable to the workplace injury.
Quoted Passages
Testing battery
The tests administered included symptom validity tests, neuropsychological measures, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 and Pain Symptom Ratings Inventory – Revised.
Neuropsychological assessment description
Issues
Ongoing entitlement for organic impairments: Denied
Entitlement to Loss of Earnings benefits: Denied
Findings
Result Summary: The tribunal found that the worker had recovered from the organic effects of the accident and was not entitled to further benefits.
PSR-Related Finding: PSR testing was included within neuropsychological assessment used to evaluate reported symptoms.