Medical Personnel and Their Roles Attending Physicians You have a right to pick your doctors (Attending Physicians), including referral to consulting physicians, they are your “attending physicians”. Reports of an attending physician, evidence of laboratory findings, x-ray diagnostic reports, and the detailed medical notes of the attending physician have great weight. When [...]
Understanding the Challenges of Workers' Compensation Claims for Injuries Sometimes, the connection between a work-related injury and its cause seems obvious. For instance, if you step on a cracked sidewalk while delivering mail and sprain your ankle, slip on an icy sidewalk and hurt your back, or are involved in a motor [...]
Why is a Diagnosis Expansion Important? When your OWCP claim is already approved for the initial accepted conditions, but a more severe medical condition has been diagnosed based on objective medical testing (MRI, X-Rays, etc), you must pursue a diagnosis expansion. Your accepted conditions determine the type of medical treatment OWCP is [...]
