The Arbitrator, the insurance company and its lawyers will be looking at every part of your case in deciding whether they will authorize medical treatment or settle your case.
This means that you need to file an accident report with your employer as soon as possible after you are injured.
Make sure that you include all your injuries in the report and explain clearly how you were injured.
Tell your doctors and medical providers about all your injuries and how it happened at work. If possible, take a copy of your injury report with you to the doctor’s appointments.
Make sure that you attend all medical appointments and undergo all medical treatment recommended.
The key is to be consistent in explaining your work injury and what body parts are injured.
The insurance company will attempt to raise doubt if you fail to mention injury to certain body parts or give varying accounts of your injury.
Arbitrators view accident reports and medical provider recorded histories as very strong indications of what truly happened because they occur very close to the time of accident and there is not time to make up a story to gain money.
Questions about your work injury? Feel free to contact Illinois Workers’ Compensation Attorney Dirk May at 309-827-4371. With us you are a person not a case.