My case is settled and done with! I was injured Feb 5,2003 and settled Aug 2004. It was better for me to take what I could at that time. There's no lifetime medical or anything like that in FL. It's just one lump sum payment. I think I might have kept going if there had been life med but since not, I decided to go. They were going to make me go to another doc and forbid that doc to mention rsd or treat me for it. I fully believe that they were going to close my case on me without any kind of payment. I was sick and tired of living in agony, and wanted to find my own doc, one who would care. I'm very happy I did find a caring doc and don't plan on giving him up anytime soon!

I have no clue if there was a disability rating of any kind. I never went to a doc or anything that rated me even. So, as far as I know there wasn't one.

An IME with his own opinion! LOL My IME doc twisted my legs into a pretzel put me in agony and then said I don't know what's wrong with you but you can't have rsd, then listed the most idiotic reasons why I didn't. All of it took 5 minutes before I was shown the door and left to ride 2 hours to get back home.

I hope he's a good doc, so wishing you lots of good luck on your appt tomorrow! I know how bad work comp can be for sure and I got the worst end of it at every turn! You can ask all the questions you want. Something to keep in mind though is though our shabby treatment is usually the same, the rules for wc are different for every state. Something I went through or didn't might be something you have to go through.

Hugs,

Karen