Hi

I am in North Carolina.

I got a head injury at work in March of 2014. Have had Post Concussion Syndrome and ongoing issues ever since. I filed a work. comp. claim right away. I tried to go back to work 3-months post injury at half-time. My work load was never changed or reduced, so I struggled through trying to keep up for 8 months. I then hired a lawyer who suggested I get my doctor to pull me out of work again. I did that for 6 months. Then my doctor approved me to go back to work part-time again. I went in to tell my employer this and they fired me on the spot saying that they had "moved on."

My lawyer says they are allowed to fire me and that there is nothing we can do. No action we can take against the employer. Isn't this some sort of discrimination? How can they fire me for no reason when my doctor approved me to go back to work? Is there really nothing my attorney should be doing? He basically said that we just wait around for my doctor to declare MMI, and then I see about looking for a new job. Is this right?

Also, I have a good doctor who is on my side and understands my injury. But I am afraid that WC will try to deny that I am still injured because I "look fine". Should I demand some sort of high-powered scan to "prove" that I still have a brain injury? Injury does not show up on regular CT or MRI scans.

Thank you!