You can lose your home, your car, as well as your income. Don't take that risk.Contact the workers’ compensation team at Keith S. Douglass & Associates, LLP.Can I Return to Work and Receive Benefits?WA Workers' Compensation Attorney Free consultation. Call toll free: 1-800-245-ATTY (1-800-245-2889)Will you lose work injury benefits if you return to work? Like so many questions about workers' comp law, the answer is: It depends. That's why it's important to consult an experienced workers' compensation attorney Link before making a decision that could affect your health and financial future. You can return to work and still receive a Permanent Partial Disability (PPD) settlement. PPD settlements are based on the permanent impairment caused by the injury that occurred at the workplace. You can return to work and still receive your medical benefits and associated travel and lodging benefits. Necessary medical care related to your injury may extend well after you are physically able to work. You can return to work and still receive your monthly Total Permanent Disability pension if you have a statutory disability, that is, one specifically named in the workers' compensation law. Statutory disabilities are: the total loss of eyesight, the loss or total paralysis of both legs, both arms, or one leg and one arm.You cannot return to work and still receive a monthly pension for non-statutory disabilities, that is, ones not mentioned in the law. Call the workers' comp legal team at Keith S. Douglass & Associates, LLP, for authoritative answers to all your workers' compensation questions. Helping Injured Workers in Washington for nearly Twenty Years. |
