Q: Hi. What kind of Care Team do I Need in Place if this "Spinal Cord Injury" become close to become Paraplegic or Quadri?

A: the answer depends on the level of funcional losses you are suffering from. work comp may be required to provide any special needs you have so long as your treating doctor documents the need and that the need relates to your work injury at least in part. things such as personal help at home with laundry, cooking, bathing, etc, help getting around the community to assist you with shopping, banking, etc, special modification to your home such as support bars in your shower, around the toilet, etc and wheelchairs as well as assistive walking devices are all on the table so long as your doctor says you need such and that it is reasonably medically necessary.

if you are permanently totally disabled your attorney needs to fight for that level of disablity before you cash out (C&R) your case. and if you have preexisting conditions / injuries that contribute to you being 100% perm total disablity then your attorney must advise you of filing for SIBTF benefits.

A: Sadly, a 'care team' is never up to the lawyer. Or the injured worker. The ONLY treatment/caregivers the Insurer is required to provide are those requested in an RFA (request for authorization) from a Treating PHysician on the insurer's Medical Provider Network. So you will need to return to California to see an MPN Treating PHysician here who can write this care plan out as an RFA OR FIND a MPN Treating Physician in your new location who knows California law and can write the RFA with all of care/treatment you require now.