Mar 30, 2022 | Employment Concerns
Pain Scale and How Injured Workers Can Rate Their Pain – In a doctor’s appointment, an injured worker will be asked what’s their pain between 0 and 10, with 0 being no pain and 10 being the worst pain somebody can feel, but who knows what that means? The doctors...
Mar 24, 2022 | Employment Concerns
Independent Medical Exam to fight the Company Doctor – A lot of times we have clients who say they went to see the company doctor, but they still feel bad, and the doctors are telling them that there’s nothing else they can do for them. They know they’re not as...
Mar 16, 2022 | Personal Injury
Permanent Partial Disability – When you’re placed at Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI), one of the benefits you’re entitled to is called Permanent Partial Disability or Impairment Rating, and it’s theoretically designed to compensate you for your future wage...
Mar 3, 2022 | WC & Other Laws
Workers Comp: STD & LTD – Some injured workers have personal short-term or long-term disability policies (or both). Today we’re going to be answering when and if you should try to get wage loss under Workers’ Compensation AND access your short or long-term...
Feb 24, 2022 | Compensability
Why is my work injury claim denied? – There’s a weird category of denials which involve certain things that you do, even if you’re doing them on the job, that are not covered under Workers’ Compensation. Why is my work injury claim denied? One of the weird...
Feb 24, 2022 | En Español, Proceso de Reclamo
¿Por qué negaron mi reclamo? – Hay varias razones por las que las compañías de seguros niegan los reclamos por beneficios. En el trabajo existen ciertas situaciones que no están cubiertas por Compensación al Trabajador. ¿Por qué negaron mi reclamo? Actividades...
