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The majority of our clients initially come to us to pursue federal workers compensation benefits. They have suffered from a work-related injury, are occupationally disabled and need the benefits package to simply make ends meet. Federal workers compensation generally...
This past weekend, several members of our Harris Federal team attended the 20th annual Workers Injury Law and Advocacy Group (WILG) Convention in Chicago. We are proud to say two of our attorneys, Brad Harris and Leah Bachmeyer Kille, were featured for their...
Federal correctional officers do not have your average job. The hazards these workers face on a daily basis at work expose them to injury and illness risks that may ultimately leave them in need of federal workers’ compensation benefits or disability retirement...
If you're a federal employee who's been injured at work, contracted a work-related disease, or if you're the survivor of a federal employee who died on the job, you might qualify for federal workers' compensation. Federal Workers' Compensation can provide you or your...
If you're a federal worker with a medical condition or injury, you may want to consider filing for Federal Disability Retirement. Even if you're currently receiving payments from the OWCP for an ongoing federal workers compensation claim, you may still be eligible for...
Schedule awards are given only to employees with accepted federal workers compensation claims. They are dispersed for regional permanent partial impairment to a body part that is listed on the schedule. If the injured part of your body is not a scheduled member, than...
If you are injured on the job while working for a federal agency you may be entitled to compensation. In order to be eligible for any federal workers compensation, you must file appropriate paperwork with your agency. Many federal employees get confused by the vast...
Federal employees who have been injured at work know federal workers compensation can be a complicated process with many do’s and don’ts. After an on the job injury occurs, the injured federal employee does have the right to choose the physician of his or her choice...
Like non-federal employees, those employed by the federal government are entitled to workers compensation benefits if they are injured at work. It is important, however, that the injured federal worker not confuse the Continuation of Pay (COP) benefit, a form of...
The most important document required to be to eligible to receive a schedule award is the impairment rating performed by your physician. This must be included in your OWCP schedule award request file. The amount an injured federal worker is eligible to receive in a...
We previously discussed how your doctor’s reports can have the greatest affect on your federal workers compensation claim and potential schedule award. If the report is not detailed well enough this could cause your claim to be denied, not because you do not have a...
As we discussed last week, your doctor plays a major part in your case in obtaining a schedule award due to a federal workers compensation injury. It is imperative that you have your doctor on your side in this and make sure his or her medical opinion is detailed in...
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