In Illinois Workers Compensation Cases you must eventually settle your case or have a trial.
Usually the only way to have the possibility for future medical treatments is to go to trial and win.
This does not mean you will be given an insurance card and allowed to charge the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Company for your medical treatments.
If you have problems down the road with your Work Comp injury you will have to go to the Workers Compensation Insurance Company and ask them to pay for the future treatment.
Most of the time the Insurance Company will deny the treatment.
Then the injured worker will have to prove that his need for treatment is related to the original Work Comp injury.
This means you have to go to trial again before an Illinois Workers Compensation Commissioner.
Then you will have to argue the case before 3 Commissioners.
This could take 2 to 2.5 years.
You can get future treatment for your injury after you have had your trial, but it will take some time and effort.
More questions about future medical treatments? Contact Illinois Workers’ Compensation Attorney Dirk May at 309-827-4371