Legal Question in Workers Comp in Virginia

OK, if your restrictions are due to your renal failure and not due to your shoulder injury, then you have a problem. If the company does not have a position due to youir renal failure work restrictions, then your TTD checks may end. This is so because the reason you cannot work is due to your renal failure and not your shoulder injury. You did not indicate if your "arm" was given a rating. It if was then you would be entitled to some additional weeks of compensation. You get two weeks of compensation for each rating point when it comes to an arm. So, if you have lost 10% of your arm, you would be entitled to 20 weeks of compensation. If there has not been a rating, you should ask for one. It may be wise to have a WC attoney like myself review this FCE. Perhaps, there is something that saves you. I would also need to review the WC doctor report.

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If your worker's compensation physician placed restrictions upon you which are due, in part, to your shoulder, then you may be in a position to continue to receive weekly benefits. I have clients all over the state and I do not allow nurse case managers to work with them. Based on my 35 years of experience, I would not rely on your nurse case manager's "interpretation" of the law. I am the author of a legal reference used by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission and attorney's throughout the state and there is a section in the book just dealing with medical management by insurance company nurse case managers.

You need to consult a knowledgeable Virginia workers' compensation attorney as soon as possible and before you inadvertently allow the insurance company to stop your benefits.