MRI is a very good diagnostic tool to determine if you have a real medical problem in your spine or in your joints. MRI's are not that expensive. However, clinics like Concentra and Caduceus and Peachtree Immediate Care do not order MRI's because the insurance company directs them not to order an MRI for injured workers.
Your lawyer should be able to file a Petition for Medical Treatment with the State Board of Workers' Compensation in certain limited cases. This is a new process for moving medical treatment forward quickly. However, the medical treatment recommendation must come from your authorized doctor.
I have been handling injured workers claims for 41 years as Leslie just stated. It amazes me every day how slow the process is for my injured workers clients is to receive approval for their medical care by the workers' compensation system.
Spondylolysis is a unilateral or bilateral bony defect in the pars interarticular is (or isthmus) of the vertebra. The terms comes from the Greek words SPONDYLOS (vertebra) and LYSIS (defect).
“Stop complaining and start participating”, said Associate Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States, Stephen Breyer, in a speech he gave on The Constitution in September of 2019.
Insurance company tactics in automobile accident claims are motivated by self-preservation but some would argue that motivation comes from a selfishness and greed.
The insurance company does control. Why?
No, this is not a legal problem. If you have a job injury and then after a period of time you have a knee injury that is not harmful to your current injury, then we must show that you have a new injury that caused the new accident.
Many doctors after treating you want to put you back to work. My Hispanic clients love to work hard and they do their best at work. But many times they cannot do hard work after the job injury, after a surgery.
Many of you are leaving money on the table in your work injury claim. What does that mean?
