[Kakimbo]

Hi everyone. I am on my one year mark for w/c. I do have an attorney and am about to have my IME. I am hoping that someone can help tell me what to excpect; and what outcome I am to anticipate. I live in Maryland, but worked in Delaware. I see that there is some type of cap on w/c benefits here....I just don't know what to expect. I certainly don't want to get rich from this; however, I need to be taken care of medically. My attorney is not the "slit the throat" type; so, please give me any advice you can. I am getting w/c benefits every two weeks; but they are not paying for mileage, etc. Every six months they stop my benefits. It only takes a phone call from my pharmacist to get my meds paid for. They have actually have been good to me. Anyone with help on this will be appreciated... Thanks! Kim

[Jomar]

you might find some answers on our workers comp forum -

Layoffs, Unemployment and Worker's Compensation
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum30.html

The search tool is handy for finding specific topics too
just put in IME or anything you are looking for and that should find lots of info for you.
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/search.php

Have you explored the Delaware state site?
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&c...workers&aqi=g8

Here we submit a mileage form, the state site should have the specifics on how to do that.

[Kakimbo]

Originally Posted by Jo*mar

you might find some answers on our workers comp forum -

Layoffs, Unemployment and Worker's Compensation
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum30.html

The search tool is handy for finding specific topics too
just put in IME or anything you are looking for and that should find lots of info for you.
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/search.php

Have you explored the Delaware state site?
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&c...workers&aqi=g8

Here we submit a mileage form, the state site should have the specifics on how to do that.

Thanks for the info. Very helpful!

[SandyRI]

Just last week I found out the amount of compensation I was due from the insurance company under state law in RI because of my injury. I saw a surgeon (the one who did my 2 surgeries, somewhere along the line during which I developed RSD), who deemed my loss of use to my upper extremity to be 7% (3% is due to pain). In dollars that equals a whopping $1,965!

I am unable to do anything strenuous with my arms because 12 hours later I will wake up in excrutiating head pain which will last for hours or even days (i.e. - I vomit if I try to move - forget even trying to get to an ER - impossible). And all that's worth is just under $2K? What an unbelievable bummer!!

My lawyer advised me not to fight it. I am anxiously waiting for a decision on ketamine treatments from the same insurance company. So of course I signed the stupid agreement...my lawyer is deemed to be pretty good and so far has proved himself to be trustworthy. Since we likely have quite a battle in front of us in the courts for ketamine treatments he may think it's not worthwhile to fight over loss of use %'s for an office worker.

Good luck with Delaware laws, and with your IME. Workers Compensation in RI is a broken system. Hopefully Delaware is better....

[Jomar]

I think all the wc systems are broken...
At least for the invisible type injuries - ie: hard to prove injury & that job caused it.

SandyRI- Do you have TOS also? Or has it been ruled in/out?
I know many w/TOS that would get horrible headaches after arm use.

It would be another complication in your wc case - but if it might be it's best to find out for sure and have it added to claim if it is TOS.

We have a thoracic outlet syndrome forum if you want to read more about it.