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How are my physical restrictions determined?

There is no hard and fast rule as to how the doctor gives you restrictions. Some doctors will order a Functional Capacities Evaluation. They will review the recommendations from the FCE and either adopt those as your permanent restrictions or modify them. Other doctors will use their personal judgment regarding what you can do. Many […]

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What are permanent partial impairment ratings?

Permanent Partial Impairment ratings are given by the doctor at maximum medical improvement. These are intended to document the loss of use you have to your injured body part. The legislature has assigned a value, expressed in weeks, to your body: Back 300 weeks Arm 240 weeks Hand 200 weeks Thumb 75 weeks First finger […]

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What happens with my medical treatment at maximum medical improvement?

You are still entitled to medical treatment if your doctor says you will continue to need this. While “maximum medical improvement” is supposed to mean what it says – the end of the healing period, or when you are as good as you’re going to get, it often really means the treating physician doesn’t have […]

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Who is this nurse going to the doctor with me?

The insurance company can assign a “nurse case manager” or a “rehabilitation nurse” to be a go-between with you, the doctor, and the adjuster. In theory this is fine. However, many, if not most, of these nurses work almost exclusively for the insurance companies. In fact some of them work in cubicles right next to […]

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I don’t think the doctor is really paying attention to me…he just taps my knees and ankles and a few other things.

It would be nice if a doctor could stop and explain everything he is doing and examining while he was in the process of doing the examination. Unfortunately in this day and age when a doctor may be seeing dozens of patients a day he may not have time, or take the time, to do […]

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