The Notion of \u2018Compensable Consequences\u2019 under Virginia Law means “When a new injury occurs as a result or consequence of your work injury, then you can recover for the new injury. You are not even required to file a new claim for benefits for the additional body part, unless and until the claim for the new injury is denied.”<\/p>\n
The great thing about compensable consequence: it does not matter where the injury occurred. You could be injured at home or even on vacation, it does not matter at all. Furthermore, while normally, you cannot recover for an injury that occurs on the job gradually, over time, this limitation does not apply to compensable consequences.<\/p>\n
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It doesn’t matter that you were hurt at home or that a different body part is now hurting. So long as your treating doctor supports the notion that your knee buckling and hence your fall, was caused by your original, compensable knee injury and the residual problems from that injury, you have suffered a compensable consequence injury<\/strong> and you are therefore entitled to all benefits relating to that injury.<\/p>\n Again, so long as the doctor supports the idea that the back injury was due to the ongoing limp and that the ongoing limp was due to the original, compensable left knee injury, that person will be entitled to recover for a compensable consequence, in this case, the back injury.<\/strong><\/p>\n A good workers’ compensation lawyer who can insure that your doctor states all the proper opinions utilizing the appropriate legal jargon, can help convince the employer to enter into an Award Agreement in lieu of a formal hearing. Moreover, in those instances where the evidence is clear and obvious, we would likely ask for sanctions against the employer and carrier for delaying payment on the claim.<\/p>\n Attorney Joe Miller knows Virginia Workers’ Compensation Law. Because of his extensive\u00a0experience, he knows many of the arguments less experienced lawyer won’t know. Workers’ Compensation is not something you can just \u2018dabble\u2019 in. \u00a0Joe has\u00a0helped thousands of injury victims for more than\u00a025 years. Call the Work Injury Center<\/strong> at 888-694-1671<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to get Strong Justice for your injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Notion of \u2018Compensable Consequences\u2019 under Virginia Law means “When a new injury occurs as a result or consequence of your work injury, then you can recover for the new injury. You are not even required to file a new claim for benefits for the additional body part, unless and until the claim for the … <\/p>\n\n
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