The Claimant was a city driver who injured his low back as a result of a work incident where he was unloading boxes of freight. The Employer\/Client initially certified this claim for the condition of Lumbar Strain\/Sprain. <\/p>\n
The Claimant then requested nearly a year of Temporary Total Disability compensation benefits. Additionally, he also requested that the claim be additionally allowed for the conditions of Disc Protrusion L4-S1 with Nerve Root Compression and Posterior Disc Protrusion L4-5 with Stenosis and Marked Left Foraminal Stenosis. <\/p>\n
THOMAS & CO. RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n Thomas & Co. took the claim. We thoroughly reviewed the claim, obtained necessary medical documentation, obtained a critical defense Independent Medical Examination, and developed legal, medical, and factual arguments in support of the Employer\/Client\u2019s position that the additional allowances were degenerative in nature and not due to the industrial injury and, therefore, the Claimant was not entitled to over $30,000.00 in Temporary Total Disability benefits. <\/p>\n Thomas & Co. was successful in its arguments before the Industrial Commission. The Industrial Commission denied the requests for the additional allowances, as well as, the request for the Temporary Total Disability benefits. <\/p>\n The Employer\/Client Saved At Least $30,000.00 As A Direct Result of the Requests for Additional Allowances and Temporary Total Disability Benefits Being DENIED<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Claimant was a city driver who injured his low back as a result of a work incident where he was unloading boxes of freight. The Employer\/Client initially certified this claim for the condition of Lumbar Strain\/Sprain. The Claimant then … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomaslawlpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomaslawlpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomaslawlpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomaslawlpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomaslawlpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=183"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thomaslawlpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":400,"href":"https:\/\/thomaslawlpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions\/400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomaslawlpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomaslawlpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomaslawlpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}