Legal Question in Workers Comp in New York

disability of lower back and rt shoulder

The NY SIF wants to know if my case is amenable to schedule closure. At my upcomming IME they asked these questions; The claimant has injured both scheduled and non scheduled parts of his body. Is there any disability due to the non schedule part of the body? If yes, what is the claiments overall causally related disability? If no, is the scheduled part ready for scheduling? what is the % etc.. They also abbreviated questions such as, ''provide tx recommendations for the back and right arm.....Is clt at mmi for all conditions.......wcb print out ancr=rt shoulder & modified to include low back.....what does this all mean?


Asked on 12/30/07, 8:23 am

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Jason Kessler Law Offices of Jason B. Kessler, P.C.

Re: disability of lower back and rt shoulder

You have a scheduable site, the right sho and a nonscheduable site, the bk. The ime doc will determine if your bk is still disabled and if your sho can be scheduled. Knowing ime docs there is a good chance that he/she will determine you rached max improvement and assign you a Slu percentage. I would recommend that you get an attorney if the ime doc schedule's your sho.

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Answered on 12/30/07, 11:30 am


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