Benefits & Social Security

Claimant's Request for Additional Accident Benefits Dismissed by Civil Resolution Tribunal

In a recent case, the claimant asked for more health care treatments and income replacement benefits after being in a car accident. The Civil Resolution Tribunal decided that the claimant did not prove the need for extra health care treatments and dismissed the claim for activities of daily living benefits, stating the claimant was still able to perform daily tasks.

Appeal Dismissed: Claimant Not Eligible for Disability Benefits After Regaining Substantially Gainful Work Capacity

Appeal Dismissed: Claimant Failed to Prove Just Cause for Quitting Job

A man who quit his job after a double hernia operation was denied Employment Insurance benefits. He appealed the decision but lost because he couldn't prove he had no reasonable alternative but to quit his job.

Leave to Appeal Granted but Appeal Refused Due to Lack of New Evidence

Claimant Denied EI Benefits for Voluntarily Quitting Job Without Just Cause

Claimant Denied Permission to Appeal Family Caregiver Benefits

Claimant Denied EI Benefits Due to Expired Work Permit

EI Benefit Appeal Denied for Lack of Good Cause

CPP Disability Benefits Appeal Success: Proving Severe and Prolonged Disability

Social Security Tribunal Rules on Disability Pension Termination

The Social Security Tribunal ruled that the claimant's disability pension was terminated as of November 2017 because his mental health condition improved, allowing him to work regularly.

Claimant Denied Permission to Appeal CPP Disability Pension Denial

Claimant Wins CPP Survivor's Pension Appeal: Proving Common-Law Relationship

The claimant successfully appealed a decision denying her a person (a person) a person’s pension. She proved she was in a a person-law relationship with her ex-husband at the time of his death, despite not living together, by showing they presented themselves as a couple and had a close relationship.

Appeal Allowed: Claimant Not Eligible for Employment Insurance Due to Loss of Legal Work Status

Survivor Entitled to Pension Despite Separate Living

Appeal Allowed: Misconduct Justifies Termination

The appeal was successful because the lower court made a significant mistake in determining the reason for the claimant's termination. The claimant was fired for unauthorized absences, not for refusing to sign an agreement.

Federal Court Rejects CRB Eligibility Challenge

CPP Disability Pension Appeal Dismissed Due to Lack of Evidence

Full-time Student Wins EI Benefits Appeal

CPP Disability Pension Approved for Severe and Prolonged Disability

EI Benefits Denied for Voluntary Job Termination Without Just Cause

The Social Security Tribunal denied a worker's request for Employment Insurance benefits after she voluntarily left her job. The Tribunal ruled that she did not have just cause for leaving her job, even though she was experiencing psychological distress.