Q: How many years can I go back on a workers comp. claim. I never received a closed claim letter in Seattle WA..
The investigation was found in my favor by their investigator .
A:
There is no code section requiring any 'closed claim' letter. If "go back" means to appeal a judge's decision at trial, you had 20 days from date the decision was mailed out. If this was a settlement you signed, you had 25 days from the date the judge's Order Approving was mailed out.
IF you resolved your matter with Stipulations With Request For Award or won at Trial with a finding "there IS need" for medical treatment, you need not "go back", but just pick a new treating physician from the Medical Provider Network. Put in writing to the Insurer that you are requesting your treatment be authorized immediately, and keep faxing and emailing that writing until the adjuster approves that doctor to see you.
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