Your Resource for Oregon Personal Injury Workers' Compensation, and Social Security Information
Claims adjusters and insurance companies do this every day. You do not. There is a lot at stake when you are facing a serious injury or disability. Before you sign forms, give statements, or agree to anything, review our free article library. Here, you will get answers to your most frequently asked questions, learn the basic issues you face, and most important, the mistakes you need to avoid.
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Board Rejects Claim for Permanent Loss of Repetitive Use Oregon Workers' Compensation provides a permanent partial disability for "significant" loss of repetitive use. A recent case defines the term further. -
Preferred Worker Benefits Not Subject to Work Comp Settlement Oregon Workers' Compensation settlements are allowed, but regulated. In this case, the Board found that a worker cannot bargain away preferred worker benefits. -
Oregon Workers' Compensation Form 827: A Multi-Purpose Form You can file a new condition claim or ask for a change of physician with the Oregon Workers' Compensation's 827 form. Physician's use 827's to report new claims. -
Oregon Workers' Compensation Lump-sum Payment Request If you request a lump sum payment on your Oregon Workers' Compensation Permanent Partial Disability award with this form, you cannot appeal your disability award. -
Recovering Lost Income After a Serious Injury If you suffered a serious injury in Oregon or Washington, you have options to recover your lost income. Read about how we help clients with lost income claims. -
Be Ready To Meet With An Oregon Workers' Compensation Attorney Meeting with an attorney, especially for the first time, can be stressful. Here are some thoughts on meeting with an Oregon Workers' Comp attorney. -
Anoxic Brain Injury: A Primer Brain injuries occur in several ways. In some cases, electrical shock, drowning or heart attacks can disrupt the oxygen flow to the brain, causing significant problems. -
Social Security Disability and Migraine Headaches Social Security has change the way it views Migraine Headaches. Still, these claims present special challenges, and require significant proof. -
Filing A Workers' Compensation Claim in Oregon. Oregon Workers' Compensation claims are initiated by making a written request for benefits. Most often, the injured worker feels that an 801 Form. -
How Much Is My Personal Injury Case Worth Potential clients with a Washington or Oregon injury claim will often ask about the value of their claim. This is a fair question, but there's a lot to it. -
Documenting Long Term Issues With Traumatic Brain Injuries Pursuing an injury claim for a traumatic brain injury presents special challenges. This article looks at how medical opinions work with these kind of injury cases. -
Social Security Disability Claim Tips: Forms When you apply for Social Security Disability, you are going to be filling out some forms. Here are some tips on how to approach the many forms. -
Some Tips on the Social Security Consultative Examination When you apply for Social Security Disability, you may be asked to attend a "consultative examination." This article provides tips on how to handle the examination. -
How to Maximize Your Social Security Disability Benefit With careful planning, you can maximize your Social Security Disability benefit, especially if you are receiving SSI benefits. -
How Long Social Security Disability Claims Take Some people can wait months, even years to finally get Social Security Disability. Read this article to get some ideas on how long it takes, and what you can do. -
How Workers' Compensation Appeals Work Oregon Workers' Compensation allows you to appeal decisions. This article talks about Board Appeals. -
Proving an Oregon Workers' Compensation Claim When an injured worker appeals a denied Oregon Workers' Compensation claim, the injured worker has the burden of proving that the on-the-job injury. -
What to Expect After Your Social Security Disability Application After applying for Social Security Disability, you will be asked even more questions, some of them more than once. Read this article to get ready -
Thinking About Social Security Disability? Read This Article Applying for Social Security Disability is a big decision, and this article gives you some things to think about if you are thinking about indisability benefits -
April 2014 Makin' It Better Newsletter: Wrong way collisions, Medicare Tips and Hydroplaning Our April 2014 newsletter offers tips on Medicare coverage, examines new studies on the value of annual mammograms, and reports on wrong way collisions.