Q: Had future medical on left knee. Had knee replaced 6/15/2017 by insurance, what's next
Settled in 2007 received payments before that for settlement. What to do (expect) know
A: You write you 'settled' in 2007, so I'm going to assume you signed Stipulations With Request for Award in which you and the employer and insurer all agree on the amount of permanent disability. So the only thing left is medical treatment for you, and you got that. No more temporary disability payments, no increase in permanent disability, no 'revision' to the agreement. IF you were going to show a new level of disability, the law required you do that within 5 years of the injury date...and that passed a long time ago. So, what's next? Lifetime 'treatment' for that knee...within the extreme (unreasonable) limits of the California Labor Code.
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