{"id":46921,"date":"2012-04-24T15:58:17","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T19:58:17","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-11T19:22:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T19:22:05","slug":"there-time-limit-making-claim-board","status":"publish","type":"publications-page","link":"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications-page\/there-time-limit-making-claim-board","title":{"rendered":"Is there a time limit for making a claim to the Board?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. The law says you must file a claim within 6 months from the day of the accident. But if you did not know right away that you were injured or sick, you must file a claim within 6 months from the day you find out that your injury or disease was work?related.<\/p>\n<p>Make your claim to the Board as soon as possible. If you do not have a Form 6 and you are close to the 6-month time limit, write a letter to the Board with the details of your injury. Also ask for a Form 6 to be sent to you.<\/p>\n<p>If the 6 months have already passed, make your claim right away by writing to the Board. Explain why you did not file earlier. The Board has the power to allow a claim to be filed late.<\/p>\n<p>If the Board does not allow your claim because it is late, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications\/makeclaim\/where-can-i-get-help-and-information\"> get legal help right away<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-46921","publications-page","type-publications-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is there a time limit for making a claim to the Board? - CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario \/ \u00c9ducation juridique communautaire Ontario)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications-page\/there-time-limit-making-claim-board\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is there a time limit for making a claim to the Board? - CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario \/ \u00c9ducation juridique communautaire Ontario)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yes. 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