Richmond Social Security Disability Benefits
Richmond Workers’ Compensation attorney often have to explain to their clients how receiving public benefits from more than one source can affect the amount of money they receive. This is the case when someone is receiving Social Security disability benefits and Workers’ Compensation benefits. Social Security Disability This federal benefits program is funded from the …
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What will happen to my health insurance coverage if I’m collecting long-term disability in Richmond, Virginia?
After you’ve been injured in a job-related accident and are collecting long-term disability in Richmond, Virginia, your health care coverage will change. Once you leave your job, you will no longer have health insurance coverage from your employer so you will need to find other convenient and affordable insurance options. If you need help, there …
What is the Federal Employer’s Liability Act?
The Federal Employer’s Liability Act (FELA), which is separate from Virginia Workers’ Compensation, is a federal law that gives interstate railroad workers the right to file a lawsuit against their employer when they are injured, sickened, or killed while working. Railroad workers seeking compensation for a work-related injury must seek compensation through a claim under …
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What is a Third-Party Claim?
A third-party claim is a claim filed against the person, machine or other object that caused your injury. For most cases of workplace injuries, Workers’ Compensation will be the only type of benefits you can claim. Workers’ Compensation laws place no blame on either the employee or the employer. Instead, they compensate the injured employee …
Obtaining a Disability Rating for Loss of Use of Body Part Claims in Virginia
After suffering an injury that results in the complete or partial permanent loss of use of a body part, injured workers in Virginia have the right to what’s known as permanent partial disability benefits. These benefits are calculated based upon the workers’ previous weekly income, the injured body part, and the disability rating they receive …
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“The playful or joking actions of the fellow employees are found to be an actual risk of the employment.”
The following was written by Fred Hosier of SafetyNewsAlert.com. Get valuable information at https://www.safetynewsalert.com It started as innocent horseplay: Employees threw ice cubes at a co-worker. But the horseplay ended with an injury. Does the employee get workers’ comp benefits since he was injured at work? Matthew Simms was a server at a Ruby Tuesday …
There are very bad and some very good vocational rehabilitation counselors
We tell our clients to completely cooperate with their vocational rehabilitation counselor. The 2 main reasons are they could find you a job you would like and give them no excuse to cut off your check. Unfortunately there are many very bad vocational rehabilitation counselors. I also know some very good ones. The problem is …
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How do you know when you were injured
We will consult doctors to determine whether the injury was consistent with an accident or with a chronic and long-term injury. You need a doctor to state that it was a new injury from the work accident or the work accident aggravated an old injury. Describing shoulder pain can be difficult. The nature of the …
Permanent and Total Incapacity Compensation
Permanent and Total Incapacity Compensation Entitlement: Total and permanent incapacity for work is defined by Virginia regulations as “the loss of both hands, both arms, both feet, both legs, both eyes, or any injury for all practical purposes resulting in total paralysis.” If the incapacity is due to paralysis, that must be determined by the …
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Loss of use of a body part is Permanent Partial Disability
Loss of use of a body part. The legal term is permanent partial disability benefits. When an employee permanently loses the use or partial use of a body member, he’s entitled to permanent partial disability benefits. The neck and the back are not covered; however, many times if you have a back injury you may …
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