Changing doctors in your workers compensation case can be complicated. “Once an injured Virginia worker has established treatment with an authorized treating doctor, that physician gets to call the shots and have their opinions given great weight. If an injured worker then sees a different doctor without a referral or permission from the workers comp…
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Recently, we received a call from a woman who had fallen in a grocery store pharmacy and injured her lower back. We got the call for help nine years after the fall! The Statute of Limitations, which is the legal time limit for her kind of case, is two years. In other words, when people…
Continue readingThe short answer is No. Winning the lottery will not alter your eligibility for workers’ comp (WC). The dollar amount of a workers’ comp benefit is calculated based upon an injured worker’s pre- and post-injury wages. In a case involving ongoing benefits, the injured worker is required to disclose any increase in earnings that may…
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