Worker's Comp Question?

Question

What do the terms "Whole Body Rating" and "Maximum Medical Improvement" mean in the Worker's Comp world?

A family member has has an injury to her back and she is no longer able to work as a nurse. The doctor they want to send us to always gives a 5% rating to this part of the back. She also has pain in legs (neuropathy) and other problems due to the original injury.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Whole Body rating is the overall Physical condition of the person being examined.

Maximum Medical Improvement is the expected Improvement to an injured person through surgery, therapy or medication.

If your Family member has a 5 percent rating. The Physician's challenge is to improve that rating. If surgery and therapy will only yield a 10 percent improvement, then the risk of surgery may not be recommended.

Many people have such serious injuries that there are no procedures available to improve the condition. The Back and the Spine are two areas that may only see improvement through surgery.

However, as in all Surgery there is a risk, especially in the spinal column...a Disc Problem.

Hope this answer assists you.

Answer 2

cant tell you that but i can say back in 1988 i lost the frist joint on my right index fringer i was all drug ed up and some one try ed to get me sign a paper that would release Workman's comp watch them thy are some low down dirty S.O.B. if thy can get by with it and then my law er try ed and tell me i would only get 2500
and i ck it out and i got 4500 pulse all med bills payed and it did not cost me any thing out of pocket that is good luck