Question By: Workers' compensation ensures you don't pay out-of-pocket medical expenses you incur from workplace injuries. After any injury, recovery is very important. When it's a work injury, you will understandably want to make sure you're well enough before returning to the regular duties of your job—especially if your job puts you at risk of reinjury. Unfortunately, employers and their insurance companies will try to get you back on-the-job as soon as possible, especially when you are receiving workers' compensation.
Reasons Workers' Comp Benefits End:
1. You fail to comply with medical treatment ordered by a doctor.
2. You ignore a request from your employer to have a medical exam.
3. You do not complete and return the employee verification form to your employer's workers' compensation insurance company within 30 days.
4. A judge reviews your claim and suspends or terminates your workers' compensation benefits.
5. You believe you have recovered from your work-related injury and sign a “final receipt.”
Things to do when benefits end;
When worker's compensation benefits end is a tricky benchmark that can occur when one of four events happen:
• Temporary disability benefits end when one of four events occur:
• The doctor who has been treating you says you are cleared to return to work.
• You return to your usual work or to alternative work at the same wages.
• Your condition is neither improving nor worsening, and therefore, becomes permanent and stationary.
• You have received up to 104 weeks of temporary disability benefits within five years of your injury. (Certain conditions may have warranted up to 240 weeks of temporary disability benefits).
Returning to Work After Receiving Workers' Compensation:
• It can be very hard to know when is the best time to return to work after being injured on the job. It also doesn't help that your employer (and their insurance company) will likely pressure you to return sooner rather than later. They have a financial incentive to get you back on-the-job quickly, but that doesn't mean it's the best choice for you.
• You May Feel Pressure to Return to Work Too Soon. We hear from many injured workers that they felt pressure to come back to work before they were fully physically able. Plus, you will have to choose a doctor from a panel provided by your employer and associated with the workers' comp insurance company. This opens up the potential for a biased evaluation of your condition.
If you decide to have one of our qualified workers' compensation attorneys represent you through this process of amending your worker's comp claim, you receive both valuable assistance with filing, identifying and gathering pertinent documentation and advocacy at your hearing. At The Law Offices of Robert T. Edens, they have been representing workers like you who have been injured on the job and were denied workers' compensation benefits. They have years of experience and knowledge that can ensure you get the maximum compensation you deserve.
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