When you’ve been injured at work, you will need to seek medical care immediately to determine the extent of your injuries. Once you have done that, you should file the paperwork for workers compensation. Workers compensation will provide cash benefits and/or coverage for medical bills for injuries that happened while you were working. In many cases, this is relatively straightforward. However, in some cases, the employer may try to argue that the injury did not occur on the job, thus denying you benefits.
If you’ve been denied benefits, or benefits are pending an investigation on whether or not the injury occurred on the job, you may want to hire a Worker’s Comp Attorney in Rochester NY. The attorney you hire will be able to help you prove that your injury occurred while you were working so that you can get the workers compensation benefits. He or she can do this by reviewing over your doctor’s notes about your medical care, reviewing video of the accident if it was on record at work, and speaking to witnesses. While it may seem like video evidence and witnesses would be absolute proof that you were injured on the job, the employer may try to say that you were injured previously and re-injured yourself, so it’s best to have a lawyer take a look for you.
You won’t have to go without monetary help to get through your life while you wait for the workers compensation to go through, though. While you’re waiting, your lawyer can help you apply for disability payments. These payments can help you until your workers compensation is approved. Your disability, however, will be subtracted from your workers compensation once the workers compensation is approved.
Being injured on the job can mean high medical bills and being out of work for a length of time. If you were injured and your employer is trying to fight your workers compensation, don’t fight on your own. Speak with attorney Vincent J. Criscuolo to find out how they can help you, and how you can get the workers compensation that you need to recover.
