PocketChange
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Has anyone ever appealed the decision of our workers comp department and the doctor the company sends you to? Yesterday I made a delivery and after getting back in the tractor I started having back spasms. The company doctor said that nothing I had done at work that day should have caused that and said it is not work related. After telling me this she said it may be because I am overweight. Then left the room and they escorted me out of the clinic. I read the form to return to FXF and it says I have to go to a private doc on my dime and get released before returning to work. So the short of the story is FXF says don't bother coming back until I get released by a different doc. So I went to a different doc who gave me meds and said that how could you say this is not work related based on the type of work we do. She offered to give me info to appeal FXF's decision. Just curious if anyone else has had the pleasure of playing this game
As far a an appeal process or anything like that i dont know but, In Illinois the law states that if you are injured on the job, your intital doctors visit has to be to one of the companys choosing, However you can choose who you go to after that initial visit, workers compensation has to follow you through up to 3 change of doctors, all you have to do is write WC in harrison a letter stating you will waive the Companys doctor and go to your own, If that doctor puts in writing that the injury is work related and they still dont want to pay the bills, See a lawyer and i guarantee they will pay. Every state has different laws reguarding WC. In illinois if you're injured on the job, you're entitled to:
1) See a doctor of your choosing
2) All reasonable medical bills paid in full
3)2/3rd's of your average weekly income tax free
4)A lump sum settlement for pain and suffering and a percentage based on the amount of disability you will have to live with due to the injury (if you choose to take it that far)
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