Ready to offer settlement. insight appreciated

[MikeHal]

Hi everyone, let me start off by saying i hope all you injured members are doing better these days!

ok let me explain my history, and describe my position where i am at in my situation.

about a year and half ago i was working at our Florida location paint supplier.
box truck doorfell ontop of my head/neck ultimately forced my right arm behind my head. the injuries i sustained were several herniated discs in my neck including spinal cord compression in 2 places. the insurance didn't fight me on this and approved the first surgery on my neck which was disc replacement and fusion on c-3/c-4 then after that i had rotator cuff surgery and had that cleaned up. i have been collecting TTD since December and 3 months now since shoulder surgery,

ok that was the history, now what is happening they gave me a PPD rating of 7% with no restriction. and MMI well i know i still have issues with both neck and shoulder with restriction, but apparently that's why the PPD, also during this time off my work has laid myself and other employees off and closed the location.

my question is based on what i said above. i am ready to try and settle this. but talking to my lawyer sometimes gets me nowhere because he dances around specific questions, he wont answer directly anyways thats why i am here to get insight from you guys.

oh i wanted to mention that during my evaluations before my neck surgery WC sent me to a second doctor for second opinion. that doctor they sent me to actually found the same issues with the next vertebrae blow my current fusion and said if he was performing the surgery that he would also do that dics as well. but we didn't. but he did say that i have a 3% progression rate each year that my neck will worsen if i don't take care of it with first surgery, so again the first doctor didn't take care of it so now my future is uncertain because i don't know if i factor that into my settlement etc.. i will continue to talk to my lawyer im just looking for opinions from people outside of my current circle for advice or insight..

so after having 7% PPD and with the second opinion doctor diagnoses of another neck issue. where do i begin to decide how much i should start to ask for or do i even have this option? whats acceptable. the problem is i know i have to live with my issues for ever now and i obviously cant do the same work i did before.

what do you guys think?

i appreciate your insight on this.

Mike H.