Got Final Rating Now what?

[1171]

you need your own thread and not hijack this one.
http://www.workerscompensation.com/forum....php?fid=4
as information is state specific (football is asking about california comp not florida), it confuses other readers that are trying to follow the original issue.

[Football71]

(08-27-2011 07:36 AM)kristin0 Wrote:  My case is little bit different,I m in state Florida.I was hurt on work in febuary 20111,I hurt right arm,neck and back.I was treated only for right shoulder and only receive 2 checks from WC,I had to fight with them to put me on mri for back and neck which like their doctor said didn t show nothing.After almost 2 months they put me on full duty job,I went to my doctor done mri s again showing my problems.I even end up on surgery of llumbar spine,scheduled for 2 nd,I try to show workers comp doctor new findings but they refuse saying that my claim is denied in full and it s not work related but my attorney said they admit it happen on the job so I don t understand why they are denyinig.I had to take loan for surgeries because private insurance doesn t wan t to cover it since it is work related.WC wanted mediation offering 15,000$ at most 30,000$ I refuse and now I m heading to administrative hearing in October.My attorney said we had prepare for trial,I don t know nothing about that,can someone explain me whole that process and how long does it takes?My attorney saying we have strong case,all of the medical evidences but why then WC denying my benefits and covering my bills?Thank You!

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My case is little bit different,I m in state Florida.I was hurt on work in febuary 20111,I hurt right arm,neck and back.I was treated only for right shoulder and only receive 2 checks from WC,I had to fight with them to put me on mri for back and neck which like their doctor said didn t show nothing.After almost 2 months they put me on full duty job,I went to my doctor done mri s again showing my problems.I even end up on surgery of llumbar spine,scheduled for 2 nd,I try to show workers comp doctor new findings but they refuse saying that my claim is denied in full and it s not work related but my attorney said they admit it happen on the job so I don t understand why they are denyinig.I had to take loan for surgeries because private insurance doesn t wan t to cover it since it is work related.WC wanted mediation offering 15,000$ at most 30,000$ I refuse and now I m heading to administrative hearing in October.My attorney said we had prepare for trial,I don t know nothing about that,can someone explain me whole that process and how long does it takes?My attorney saying we have strong case want s to schedule me for IME before hearing,we have all of the medical evidences but why then WC denying my benefits and covering my bills?Thank You!

Hi kristin, Seems like our cases are abit similar, the IC denied me never paid me benefits and they dont pay the med, bills,

[kristin0]

Yes it seems like it is the same,I read somewhere on the other forums that most of the people got denied even if there is no real reason.I guess that what WC is trying to do is put pressure on us to get law ball offers putting us in so much debt,by that I mean I have already been served with medical bills sent to collection agency.I ve also noticed that I ve been followed,since I leave in rural area it s hard not to notice when car is in front of your gate with windows down observing so please be carefull because my attorney told me that WC will do anything they can to prove that You are not so bad hurt and since I have my administrative hearing for 2 months they want to present some evidences since they don t have nothing against me.Those are all of their games,before 1 month WC said they will cover medical bills from doctors and then again sent letter saying they want.The reason why they are doing this is because they want to check first do You have something in Your doctor files that can prove their case.Anyway WC is piece of s...,I wrote to congressman,senator and everybody else regarding WC saying that this is worse than a communism and against the Constitution.

[LeglEgl]

No offense intended, but the U.S. Constitution has nothing to do with Workers Compensation. There are no guarantees in the document that propose to protect the American worker.

In fact, the early proposals that would precede Workers Compensation were challenged as having violated the Employer's Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment. The U.S. Supreme Court clarified that challenge by interjecting the "reasonable" and "necessary" standards of what the IW was entitled to.

Workers Compensation is state-specific, and has nothing to do with the Federal government.

[jayne]

(08-29-2011 10:10 AM)kristin0 Wrote:  Yes it seems like it is the same,I read somewhere on the other forums that most of the people got denied even if there is no real reason.I guess that what WC is trying to do is put pressure on us to get law ball offers putting us in so much debt,by that I mean I have already been served with medical bills sent to collection agency.I ve also noticed that I ve been followed,since I leave in rural area it s hard not to notice when car is in front of your gate with windows down observing so please be carefull because my attorney told me that WC will do anything they can to prove that You are not so bad hurt and since I have my administrative hearing for 2 months they want to present some evidences since they don t have nothing against me.Those are all of their games,before 1 month WC said they will cover medical bills from doctors and then again sent letter saying they want.The reason why they are doing this is because they want to check first do You have something in Your doctor files that can prove their case.Anyway WC is piece of s...,I wrote to congressman,senator and everybody else regarding WC saying that this is worse than a communism and against the Constitution.

write down the make and model of their car and call the police stalking is agaisnt the law....I also live in a farming/ranching community they were set up on a neighbors property the neighbor told me to set the dogs on em so I did...we then called the county police and the Highway police and reported them as tresspasers....ranchers here in cattle country take a dim view of strangers setting on their property tend to meet them with shotguns and dogs

[kristin0]

Thank You so much for Your answers,I did inform my neighbors about tresspassers and my husband already call the police to inform them.I m just so frustrated that there s no law protecting injured worker that I was thinking to go public on TV and tell them how they treat injured workers and why we need law against those criminals WC.I am just sick of them playing their own games instead of helping injured workers

[jayne]

Kristin you might as well learn now they dont give a ratsass about injured workers anywhere even the ones working at ground zero from 9-11 are getting screwed and they are the most famous IWs.our only hope is a good Dr,a good lawyer and a good judge...and a WC adjuster that is fair.....oh yeah like thats gonna happen..

[LeglEgl]

(08-29-2011 03:19 PM)jayne Wrote:  Kristin you might as well learn now they dont give a ratsass about injured workers anywhere even the ones working at ground zero from 9-11 are getting screwed and they are the most famous IWs.our only hope is a good Dr,a good lawyer and a good judge...and a WC adjuster that is fair.....oh yeah like thats gonna happen..

C'mon Jayne - don't hold it in. Tell us how you REALLY feel. LOL

[jayne]

ya mean you dont know? LOL its a shame but the truth.I believe most adjusters would rather send the people to Drs to get well....I mean in my case the disc o grams are not fakeable tests...and not painless either....I believe alot of IC spend more money trying to deny a worker medical care than it would cost to get him/her the correct care in the begining...and if it was done that way there would be no need for lawyers...

[kristin0]

My case is no different I was treated from the start in the wrong way.I hurt my back,neck and right arm,only treated for right arm like it was sprain/strain refusing treating me for back and neck.I try to speak with the adjuster,gave them statements and even spoke with one of the nurses they gave me and still they refuse to treat me for neck and back along with the Dr.on their side.I was forced to take attorney who demanded mri of back and neck,according to them everything came back normal and I was discharge to full duty job.I had to go to my primary doctor to do mri s again of right arm,back and neck whhich showed problems.Not to mention that I was barely walking,my back,neck and right arm killing me.Physical therapist almost refuse to treat me because she said You are really hurt and I don t wan t to hurt You even more.I took workers comp mri s and from my doctor to 3rd reading to experts in radiology Radiia which showed supraspinatus,bursitis and bone contusion on my r.shoulder which wasn t treated right and now I have frozen shoulder,neck-cervical lordosis with spondylosis,L4-5 herniation with annular disc bulge with pars fracture with neuroforaminal stenosis.So as You can see this is how workers comp treat people paying radiologist and doctor to send You sick back on work.I try to go back to workers comp doctor with new findings and they dismissed me saying my claim is denied in full.I was out of myself like my attorney,because they admit that it happened on the job but still denying my claim.My private insurance doesn t want to cover bills even thought I send them denial letter,today lady from attorney general in Tallahassee call me saying that they will also try to help me with insurance company.As I said I wrote everybody from congressman to the white house and will continue to do that.And Jayne I agree with You there is still out there a few good Dr.willing to help You no matter if it is a workers comp case,I m waiting now for IME scheduled by my attorney before adiministrative hearing.