08-13-2014, 10:57 AM
Good afternoon, About 4 months ago I was on a jobsite and fell into a hole. My right leg went into the hole and my left leg stayed on top, and was deep enough so that I hit my chest and hyper extended my left leg.
I did not immediately seek treatment for this hoping that my knee was just strained and it would get better. It did not...
So, went to the doc got an MRI and it was found that I have torn the cartilage behind my kneecap and also have some small meniscus tears. Surgery scheduled for Aug 25. The surgery entails removing the broken cartilage shaving rough edges of the meniscus tears and also harvesting stem cells from my femur to implant in the old cartilage areas in hopes that it will grow new cartilage.
Recovery time for all of this is 6 weeks in a brace limiting my range of motion to 20% and 4 months till back to as good as it will get. The doctor is confident that at the end of the 4 month period I should have normal range of motion and the knee should not have any problems.
So, my question. I have had a couple people around me telling me I will get a settlement from workers comp, some telling me I will not. Some tell me I need to get an attorney to get all I can get... All of this is very new to me never dealing with WC before. I also work for my family owned business and do not want to make things hard on the business I am a part of. Just need some help getting steered in the right direction and not making poor decisions when it comes to WC.
Also, if it helps I am based in South Carolina.
I did not immediately seek treatment for this hoping that my knee was just strained and it would get better. It did not...
So, went to the doc got an MRI and it was found that I have torn the cartilage behind my kneecap and also have some small meniscus tears. Surgery scheduled for Aug 25. The surgery entails removing the broken cartilage shaving rough edges of the meniscus tears and also harvesting stem cells from my femur to implant in the old cartilage areas in hopes that it will grow new cartilage.
Recovery time for all of this is 6 weeks in a brace limiting my range of motion to 20% and 4 months till back to as good as it will get. The doctor is confident that at the end of the 4 month period I should have normal range of motion and the knee should not have any problems.
So, my question. I have had a couple people around me telling me I will get a settlement from workers comp, some telling me I will not. Some tell me I need to get an attorney to get all I can get... All of this is very new to me never dealing with WC before. I also work for my family owned business and do not want to make things hard on the business I am a part of. Just need some help getting steered in the right direction and not making poor decisions when it comes to WC.
Also, if it helps I am based in South Carolina.