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PostPosted: Mon Mar 27, 2017 10:54 pm 
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What if you have a pre existing injury and hurt yourself on the job, is that covered?


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PostPosted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 9:09 am 
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Shakes I have a question regarding my girlfriend. She's an EMT and hurt her back lifting some 300 pound Type 2 diabetic last night. She's laid up today in pain, but terrified of being fired by her shitty boss. They've had disagreements in the past. I told her she needs to report it to work and go to the ER. I've shown her the Illinois Workers Compensation handbook. She's worried she won't be reimbursed for the ER visit or if the provider says you can't work for three days she won't get paid for those three days.

She's scared of the unknown and frankly, I'm at my witts end. Can you help with any of this? Should I pm you? Call your law office? If so do you work off retainer or contingency? Thanks for the free advice in the OP either way. It really helped me at least get my girlfriend started.

The military made me very see problem solve problem, so dealing with a girlfriend who won't help herself has been killing my patience. I just want to tell her to start the process or shut the fuck up and stop talking to me about it. Geez, I sound like a fucking prick when I say it like that.


Check your PM, just sent you some info!

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 9:12 am 
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SirTinkleButton wrote:
What if you have a pre existing injury and hurt yourself on the job, is that covered?



Yes, as long as the at work injury aggravated the pre-existing injury.

For instance, if you have a bad shoulder and had a surgery 2 years ago, but have been symptom free and haven't had treatment for a year and then you hurt your shoulder at work and need treatment, that would be covered.

It gets trickier depending on how much time there is between the last date of treatment for the pre-existing injury and the date of work accident. If you have bad back and get treatment for it and then 2 weeks later you hurt your back at work it will be very difficult to prove that the work injury aggravated the pre-existing injury.

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