For many, receiving regular chiropractic treatment is essential to managing chronic pain. When the Workers Compensation Board previously made the decision to significantly limit the amount of chiropractic treatment one is entitled to, many were alarmed. Recently, however, the Medical Treatment Guidelines have been amended to allow for chronic pain to be treated more appropriately. […]
Archives for February 2013
Failing To Disclose Prior Injuries Or Medical Treatment
Workers’ Compensation Law Section 114a(1) may disqualify a claimant from receiving workers’ compensation benefits when he or she knowingly makes a false statement or representation as to a material fact for the purpose of obtaining such benefits. The “false statement or representation” can come in many forms. The most blatant involves a claimant who denies, […]
Relocating Or Changing Jobs
My firm receives many inquires from claimants currently on New York State Workers’ Compensation who want to move out of state or take a job with a different employer. Moving out of state or changing employers will have no effect on your legal rights to continue to collect New York State Workers’ Compensation benefits. The […]
Ten Questions You Will Be Asked at Your New York Workers’ Compensation Settlement Hearing
After a Section 32 settlement has been negotiated and paperwork has been drafted and filed with the New York Workers’ Compensation Board, a hearing will be scheduled. Presiding at your settlement hearing will be a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge who will review your paperwork and ask you questions in order to confirm that you fully […]