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Are You Entitled to Work Disability from Your On-The-Job Injury

In a case handled by Garrow Law, the claimant is to receive a work disability award because he has not returned to his regular “at-injury” job.  The claimant did not receive work disability because the employer’s job analysis did not not accurately describe all the duties of his job at injury. Affidavits from the claimant…

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Clarify Your Job at Injury in your Oregon Workers’ Compensation Claim

In a recent case decided by the Workers’ Compensation Board, an injured worker was awarded additional money for permanent disability because the workers’ compensation insurance company misapplied the law and failed to award the proper amount of disability benefits.  The injured worker was also entitled to a penalty (in this case, an additional 25% of…

Oregon Workers’ Compensation Information for Traveling Employees

Here is some new news about traveling employees.  The worker’s injury happened when he was struck by a motor vehicle after he got out of his employer’s truck, at the driver’s suggestion, to cross a highway to walk to a convenience store to get a beverage and cigarettes while the truck was getting gas.   The…

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Permanent Disability versus Preexisting Condition

In a recent decision,  the Worker’s Compensation  Board disagreed with a reduction in an injured worker’s disability award.  A Medical Arbiter, appointed to evaluate a worker’s permanent disability, had reduced the injured worker’s  award because he thought that 50% of the worker’s reduced range of motion was due to a preexisting condition. Oregon law states that when an injured worker…

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Insurance company has to follow the rules!

The Oregon Workers’ Compensation law has very strict time limits for appealing insurance company denials.  Injured workers who do not file timely appeals can lose all their rights and benefits.  The insurance companies must also follow the rules.  In a recent ruling, the Workers’ Compensation Board said that an injured worker’s request for hearing was timely even though…

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Can a Chiropractor Serve as an Attending Physician?

The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Act is a very complex piece of  legislation.  The law restricts which doctors may act as “Attending Physicians.”  In a recent case, the Workers’ Compensation Board held that an injured worker’s aggravation claim was invalid because it was signed by a chiropractor, who was not  authorized to serve as the “attending physician.”  The Board…

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