Appeals : Arbitrator Decisions : #78 - December 4, 2002

D E C I S I O N

The claimant was rejected because he had not had a blood transfusion in the class period.

At the hearing he acknowledged that he had not been transfused during the class period but that he had been part of an experiment for patients diagnosed with Hepatitis C . This apparently caused him considerable loss of time and he wondered if he could be compensated.

Unfortunately, this program is not set up for that purpose and the administrator's decision is therefore upheld and the claim is denied.

DATED at Toronto, this 4th day of December, 2002.

"G. Charney"______________________
Gerald J. Charney, Referee