The Award Agreement provides the essential details of a compensable claim so that the award of benefits can be authorized. If you are sent one of these forms, it is absolutely essential that you not delay in having it reviewed by a competent Virginia Workers Compensation attorney.
Your failure to complete the Award Agreement and to follow up to make sure it is converted into an Award in your case could leave you totally unprotected. Please watch this video for an overview of Award Agreements in Virginia.
Instructions:
The form should be signed by all required parties. It is really best to have a Virginia worker’s compensation attorney review the form before it is signed by the employee.
The main items that are noted on this form are:
- Identification of the employee
- Identification of the employer
- The injured body parts agreed to by both employee and employer
- Date of injury
- Pre-injury average weekly wage
- Disability classification
- Temporary Total. Date of onset
- Temporary Partial. Date of onset
- Permanent Total. Date of onset
This payment is either marked as future compensation only or combined past and future compensation
- Medical only. No wages. If this applies, it should be indicated.
- Signatures required
- Employee, employee’s attorney, employer, claims administrator
The award includes the average weekly figures and the temporary partial rates.
You need the experience of a skilled Virginia Injured Worker’s Lawyer like Joe Miller to get all your work loss and medical benefits.
Joe Miller has helped thousands of Virginia injured workers for over a quarter century. He makes sure you get all the benefits you deserve and that there is evidence to support all the necessary medical and wage loss facts. He makes sure disabilities are properly claimed and that benefits over and over the basics, when justified, are awarded. Call attorney Joe Miller at 888-694-1671 and ask for me, Joe Miller, or email me at jmiller@joemillerinjurylaw.com.
