When you suffer a workplace injury, you likely accrue medical costs. These bills affect your financial stability, especially since you may have to be out of work. Thankfully, there are several workers' compensation benefits available. They can help with almost every aspect of the losses you may face after a workplace injury.
Medical Benefits
The most obvious benefits that you will receive after approval of a workers' compensation claim are for the costs of your medical treatments. You will get money towards the costs of bills from doctor's visits, ongoing treatment methods, and sometimes, prescription drugs. Sometimes, medical benefits even cover travel expenses if you need to see a specialist. The Department of Labor will give you money towards the cost of gas or your airfare, for instance, depending on where you need to go.
Disability Benefits
There are several types of disability benefits you can apply for when you file a workers' compensation claim in California. First, permanent disability is available if your physician believes your injuries are untreatable or chronic. Temporary benefits exist if your doctor thinks that you will be out of work for a significant portion of time, eventually able to return. Partial disability is available when you can perform modified job duties. Finally, total benefits exist when you cannot perform any of your job-related tasks or work in any role.
Rehabilitation Benefits
Rehabilitation benefits work with those employees who want to return to work. They come in the form of physical or occupational therapy, for instance, with an end goal of helping patients regain their physical strength or capabilities. Ultimately, these therapists will help those injured on the job in relearning many of the basic skills they forgot. Many of those are necessary to perform the essential job functions you have. Finally, your physician will likely prescribe the rehabilitation services that you need. They will work closely with the therapists to ensure the treatment works for you and your injury or illness.
Death Benefits
In the unfortunate circumstance that you have a family member who died from a workplace injury, you can file for death benefits. The worker's loved ones will receive many similar monetary payments that they would otherwise get from the Department of Labor. These benefits can help give family members peace of mind, offering them support in a time of crisis and grief. They can use the money to pay for funeral costs, burial expenses, or any loss of income that may occur due to the loss of the loved one.
Contact a Workers' Compensation Lawyer
Contact the team at Rawa Law Group as soon as possible to get the compensation you deserve after a workplace injury or illness. You can have a permanent or temporary disability payment if you foresee yourself out of work for a long time. If needed, there are monetary benefits available in the case of death, for medical treatment, and for rehabilitation services too.
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