See the following for a discussion of some situations that may arise on an injured worker’s claim and where our attorney may be able to help.ġ. This list of potential benefits is not complete and does not cover every situation. Reimbursement for mileage and/or other reasonably incident travel expenses is available for driving one’s vehicle and/or traveling to obtain authorized related medical care. Benefits are available for scarring or other disfigurement. Under certain circumstances penalties can be awarded against the insurance carrier if the insurance carrier does not follow the Workers’ Compensation Rules of Procedure in adjusting and handling the claim and paying benefits in a timely manner. Permanent total disability benefits are payable if after maximum medical improvement the injured worker is unable to return to work and earn wages in his commutable labor market in the same or other employment because of the workplace injury.
Permanent partial disability benefits are available if at maximum medical improvement an injured worker has permanent impairment as determined by a physician accredited to rate impairment. Temporary disability benefits are available to replace lost wages under many circumstances when the injured worker is disabled from his/her regular job as the result of a workplace injury and while he/she is recovering and has not has reached maximum medical improvement. Benefits typically include reasonable and necessary medical treatment by authorized medical providers to cure and relieve the injured worker from the effects of the workplace injury. Benefits may vary depending on the factual circumstances of each case, and this webpage text does not cover all such circumstances. Workers injured during the course and scope of their employment are entitled to benefits under Colorado’s Workers’ Compensation Act. The insurance company on your worker’s compensation claim has denied some medical treatment which you believe to be necessary. You want to request a new treating doctor or pursue in an administrative hearing a denied request to change your treating doctor.ġ4. The insurance adjuster on your claim is not handling the claim and paying benefits in what you believe to be a fair, timely, and responsive manner.ġ3. You are concerned that a general admission of liability or final admission of liability filed by the insurance company on your worker’s compensation claim may not have admitted for all the benefits provided for by Colorado’s Workers’ Compensation Act.ġ2. You are concerned that you may never be able to work again because of the effects of your workplace injury combined with your age, education, work history, and/or other personal circumstances or pre-existing conditions.ġ1. You wonder if the permanent impairment rating from the rating doctor is too low and therefore if the dollar amount of admitted permanent partial disability benefits is too low.ġ0. The Final Admission of Liability filed by the insurance company on your claim has not admitted liability for ongoing medical care after the date on which you reached maximum medical improvement.ĩ. You are considering quitting your job after a workplace injury and/or you are considering turning down a post-injury offer from your employer of modified duty work.Ĩ. You wonder if the admitted average weekly wage on your workers compensation claim is too low because it does not include a recent raise, overtime, earnings from concurrent employment, or some other remuneration of your employment.ħ. You had a preexisting condition or weakness made worse by an accident or situation at work and you wonder what your rights are.Ħ. Your employer has no workers’ compensation insurance.ĥ. Your employer says you are an independent contractor not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits.Ĥ. Your claim has been denied because you did not report an injury immediately or within 4 days.ģ.
Your work comp claim has been denied for any reason.Ģ. If you were injured on the job, here are a few of the situations where our workers' comp attorney may be able to help.ġ. Attorney Tom Blake serves all of Western Colorado from Grand Junction.
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Consider a free consultation with our attorney to see if the attorney thinks he may be able to help. There can be any number of situations that arise for an injured worker during the course of a workers’ compensation claim for which our attorney may be able to help.
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