I was hurt on the job and they want all my medical records released which i dont want to what do i do?

If you do not release your medical records, the adjuster MIGHT deny the claim for failure to cooperate in discovery. It is possible to limit the...

REOPEN is quite the word unless you signed settlement documents...if you can, return to the treating physician who declared you able to Return To...

Can I get more than workers compensation for losing a length of my finger due to a work related injury?

While Workers Comp is the only recovery for this (provided nobody outside the workplace caused the injury), You MIGHT get more Workers Compensation...

Questioning myself about workers comp attorney choice

IF you can prove -- with postmark dates on an envelope -- that TD checks were not issued every 14 days (and a Work Status report by an MPN...

Who has 'the last word'? Whichever physician wrote the best-reasoned best-supported Medical-Legal Evaluation report so as to persuade the WCAB...

I already had my back surgery in 2007.how can i get my treating doctor to start treating me on my carpel tunnel.

You get the workers comp doctor to treat the carpal tunnel ONLY when the insurer 'accepts' the Upper Extremities as an injured body part...if the...

You warn the adjuster -- always in writing, always respectful -- that if the ambulance bill is not paid in full by a deadline date (may 15 if you...

My wife was diagnosed with work-related repetitive motion synd. and her employer is not taking it seriously. What should she do?

The only thing I would add to my colleagues' advice is to communicate with the Workers Compensation insurer IN ADDITION TO the HR office (in...

I have treatment and surgery pending

I wouldn't sign anything with a surgery 8 days away. If the comp insurer is paying for the pre-op and diagnostics and surgery center and surgeon...

My attorney refused to let me do a compromise and release. I am set up for retirement disability in 12 months.

"My attorney wouldn't address my anxiety" is a problem in your question...it isn't so much the attorney but the Treating PHysician who needed to...