Is the doctor providing an opinion as to why he is changing his recommendation?

I suggest you get a second opinion from another doctor ASAP and obtain a neutral opinion AME or QME as well.

You may be entitled to temporary disability and permanent disability payments. However you can not collect both state disability and worker’s compensation temporary disability at the same time. That would be double recovery. You are also entitled to Milage.

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Only your employer can answer this. There is noting in the California Labor Code guaranteeing Personal Time Off or the ways in which employers award this benefit. If your employer grants credit toward Personal Time Off for days receiving Temporary Total Disability Indemnity for an on-the-job... View More

Depends on the loss and depends on the terms of the policy.

You could select a Physician from the MPN IN CALIFORNIA and visit California for a treatment visit, explaining to the physician you need a final, rateable report because you moved away without closing your treatment. You could attempt to see a Qualified Medical Evaluator -- the QME -- and request... View More

Workers Comp insurer will only authorize precisely what an MPN Treating Physician writes in a Request For Authorization, an RFA. No physician I know in 33 years has ever written that a patient must be relocated to get treatment. It is incredibly UNLIKELY that any insurer would relocate any worker... View More

It appears to me that your so called "counselor" gave you really bad advice. You may have been entitled to collect from every disability source for all your injuries and/ or disabilities simultaneously. You need to file all your claims immediately.

My advice is that you contact a... View More

I am sorry but your post does not make much sense. It sounds like you are in need of a good workers compensation attorney who can be allowed to learn all of the facts of your situation and protect you through the workers compensation process. That attorney can tell you more but generally you... View More

if you have a california work comp case and your out of state:

1. ask adjuster if the MPN extends to your state.

2. assuming it does not, ask adjuster if they will send an authorization letter to your doctor (assuming your doctor will treat you if they get an authoirzaton letter-... View More

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... View More

We no longer have Independent Medical Evaluators in California. This question is tagged as being on California Law but lists you in Charlotte NC so perhaps you are mixing North Carolina law. In California, the WCAB Judge looks at just the two reports: The Qualified Medical Evaluator and the MPN... View More

if you have a work injury call a work comp lawyer for a consultation. its free.

you need to do both. seek the advice of another doctor, consider a med mal case and go for PTD if you cant reasonable return to suitable gainful employment due to the injury. if you have past injuries or any other health conditions, an SIBTF case should be considered as well. call an experienced... View More

It's EDD, is a state agency that was overwhelmed before the Pandemic and has never caught up. At least you are not being evicted. I have a client who had everything resolved with EDD about three weeks ago, but the paperwork still has not gone through. He has until Sunday to pay five months... View More

Unfortunately I do not see a question here, just multiple complaints about the California workers compensation system.

You can always represent yourself if you are unhappy with your current attorney.

The regulations to the Labor Code REQUIRE any evaluating physician to list each diagnosis; it makes the report inadmissible to leave it out entirely as you say. So if your attorney will not write to the AME or present the evidence to the AME at a doctor deposition, it is time for a new Applicant... View More

Thank you for your comments and I am sorry to hear you are gong through this. Surgery is certainly supposed to improve you. You are describing a possible medical malpractice that requires a specialist attorney to discuss this with you. you should consult a medical malpractice attorney immediately,... View More

fire the nurse and hire an experienced work comp lawyer! One that will provide your a comprehensive consultation to determine all your issues and needs then set up a plan for your case to succeed.

why do you want to go to the government for help? i would suggest you get your own medical eval to address your dispute with the AME. this is how you attack another doctor on his own terms. let the doctors fight it out. this is how you get it done! use your treating work comp doctor to say how the... View More

i would venture to say that NO lawyer can give you an accurate answer via internet without more facts.

is it to a man or woman?

someone who does modeling or someone with Tats over arm and in construction biz?

how bad a scar?

what court?

a case in LA is worth... View More