WCB-directed medical examinations

The Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba (WCB) decision makers frequently require medical information related to a worker’s injury in order to adjudicate a claim. Such information may come from a variety of sources, including a medical examination, which the WCB may require an injured worker attend.

A medical examination conducted by a WCB Health Care Advisor, at the WCB’s request, is known as a WCB-Directed Medical Examination.

This policy:

• Identifies the WCB’s authority under The Workers Compensation Act (the Act) to require a worker to undergo a medical examination.
• Indicates the common reasons why the WCB may require a worker to undergo a WCB-Directed Medical Examination.
• Sets forth the WCB’s approach to conducting WCB-Directed Medical Examinations.
• Outlines the behaviour expected of workers, and their support person and interpreter (if applicable), while attending a WCB-Directed Medical Examination.