Shoulder Injury At Work? Three Tips Get Approved For Workers' Compensation
If you were at work and injured your shoulder, the injury must be due to your work-related duties in order to put in a claim for workers' compensation. A workers' compensation claim may go through without any problems but in some cases, your case may be denied. If this has happened to you, below are three tips to help your case get approved.
Hire a Workers' Compensation Attorney
Your best recourse is to hire a workers' compensation attorney. This attorney will first determine how you were injured. This will allow the attorney to know they can properly defend you in that the injury was due to your work.
The attorney may speak with other employees that do the same type of work that you do. The attorney will ask these employees if they witnessed the accident. Having witnesses is beneficial as this can show the cause of your injury.
See the Doctor
As soon as you put in a claim to your employer that you were injured you need to see a doctor immediately. This can determine the extent of your injury. You could also have other complications from your injuries at a later time. If this happens it would be too late for you to be approved for workers' compensation.
The attorney will use the medical records in your case. The attorney will need to know if you will fully heal from your shoulder injury or how long it will take for you to fully heal. The attorney will also need to know the treatment plan from your doctor. The attorney will determine the costs for your treatment, as well as probable future costs. All of this can be of great help to get your case approved.
Leave the Insurance Company Out
An insurance company will make you an offer to cover your treatment, future loss of wages, etc. They will offer you the lowest amount of money that they can. Because of this, you should never accept any kind of offer from an insurance company but, instead, leave them out completely.
Your attorney will deal with the insurance company for you. The attorney will first determine what a proper amount of money you should receive. The attorney will then try to get this amount from the insurance company. If the insurance company refuses to give you what you deserve, your workers' compensation attorney can take your claim to court.
A workers' compensation lawyer can go over this information with you in more detail.