Appeals : Confirmed
Referee Decisions : #49 - June 10, 2002
D E C I S I O N
Claim ID number 4221
The undersigned has been designated to act as referee in
a request for review submitted by the Claimant on September
19, 2001. The review was strictly limited to an analysis of
the Claimant's file as provided, as both parties to the case
advised that they had no further submission to make nor did
they request a hearing. This review is about a claim for compensation
submitted by the Claimant on January 20, 2000 which was rejected
by the Administrator of the Hepatitis C Class Actions Settlement
(the Administrator) on August 30 of the same year.
In this case, the Administrator agrees that the Claimant
is HCV infected. However, the Claimant has not provided any
reason to support her challenge and a review of her file confirms
that she did not receive a blood transfusion during the Hepatitis
C January 1 1986-July 1 1990 Class Actions Settlement period
(Settlement Agreement). Such a confirmation is supported by
the documents filled by the Claimant and the relevant sections
of the forms filled by the attending physician .
Under such circumstances, it seems clear that the Claimant
has not provided sufficient proof of her eligibility to the
Compensation Program as provided in the Settlement Agreement
pertaining to her case. This finding alone is sufficient to
end the case.
For these reasons the request for review is rejected and the
Administrator's decision is maintained.
Montreal, June 10, 2002
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Martin Hébert, Referee
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