Unscheduled Injuries and Your Life
In Arizona, workers' compensation law is complicated and not designed totally for the people it serves — the injured workers — to understand. For instance, certain injuries are called scheduled while others are considered unscheduled; and how an injury is designated can have an impact on the benefits your receive and the outcome of a case. How can injured workers be expected to understand the nuances of issues that can define a permanent disability or close a case?
You can get help understanding the nuances and issues and making sure that your rights are protected relating to your injury by contacting our workers' compensation law firm, where both of our lawyers are certified by the Arizona State Bar as Workers' Compensation Specialists.
Contact our Phoenix, Arizona, workers' compensation benefits attorneys for a FREE PHONE CONSULTATION: 602-248-0380.
A scheduled injury is a permanent injury to a hand, arm, or other part of the body designated in the law. An unscheduled injury is determined by where the location of your injury is and whether you have had past injuries in that part of your body. If it sounds confusing; that is because it is confusing. Lawyers Harlan Crossman and Avery Crossman, have been helping injured workers for a combined total of more than 55 years; we can help you, too.
Dealing With Loss of Earning Capacity Questions and Permanent Disability Notices
If you receive a Notice of Permanent Disability from your company's insurance carrier, you may be entitled to a lifetime of checks to pay you for lost wages. The insurance company will make a recommendation to the Industrial Commission as to what it thinks is your permanent reduction in your monthly earnings capacity. The Industrial Commission will ask you to fill out a Loss of Earning Capacity Questionnaire.
Using information they receive, the Industrial Commission will determine if you have a permanent loss of earning capacity by issuing a Findings and Award for Unscheduled Permanent Partial Disability. You do not have to agree with their findings.
Fighting for Your Rights
You can request a hearing if you believe you are entitled to more money each month. Chances are that the insurance company hired an expert to send a letter to the Industrial Commission telling the Industrial Commission where they think your loss of earning capacity should be set. You will want your own expert.
At Crossman law offices, P.C., we work to get injured workers permanent disability checks that are based on realistic lost wages and injury assessment. We know how to cross examine the insurance company experts and we have helped hundreds of injured workers obtain the workers compensation benefits or the permanent disability benefits that they are rightfully entitled to receive.
- Do you really think the insurance company's expert is on your side?
- Do you really think the insurance company wants to pay you the maximum amount of money?
We don't. We have seen too many situations where this is not the case. The insurance company is interested in saving money, not giving you the benefits you deserve.
Call Us Today for Help
Call our office for a FREE PHONE CONSULTATION at 602-248-0380, or e-mail our office regarding your personal situation and get your questions answered about permanent disability, scheduled and unscheduled injury, the duty of your employer, independent medical exams, and other workers compensation legal matters.
We can discuss the possibility of getting you checks every month for the rest of your life. You can call us with the determination notice that the workers' compensation office has sent you in hand so we can make sure you get the maximum lost wages.
