Thanks Sandy.

I guess the system is different here, and I'm not sure what this result means then.

If we hurt ourselves "on the job", like we blow our leg off, impale ourselves, lose a finger, slip and fall . . . anything that is CAUSED by the job, then we have to prove that it happened BECAUSE of the job, and then we are covered by Workers Compensation. If we can be retrained for something, they have to pay for that, and if we can't, we are compensated (wages) through to life.

If we just get sick, like cancer, MS, Parkinsons, etc., and it is NOT or not proven to be related to the job, then we get Long Term Disability. Again, if we can be set up in another job, they'll do that, and if we can't, we are compensated (wages) through to retirement age. (NOTE: Not everyone has LTD coverage here, but most do, and definitely any government job does.)

So, whether the government acknowledged the illness or not, people would be covered for "unexplained neurological conditions" through LTD.

Is that not the case there . . . that they had coverage no matter what?

Cherie