Hi and welcome to the forum,

Although I chose not to go through Worker's Compensation, I have dealt with them in the past. I could have gone through Worker's Comp but couldn't get over the idea of suing my dad to reopen a 12 year old claim. I was given advice by a lawyer that you never want to settle if you can avoid it. If you do settle and are able to return to work, any issues that you might have with your hand at a later date will not be covered by your worker's comp and might be a difficult fight with your health insurance company to cover it.

I was lucky with worker's comp originally. I had absolutely no issues with them continuing coverage from day 1 to 3 years after my original accident.

Best of luck to you what ever you do decide.

I would also recommend watching Dr. Chopra's video. It may be long but is very worthwhile to educate yourself on treatments.