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<blockquote data-quote="trplnkl" data-source="post: 772866" data-attributes="member: 13254"><p>Red, what does your lawyer have to say about all this? Have you contacted your state's workers comp commission? Your story sounds all too familiar. </p><p>My discs are not herniated, but L5,S1 and S2 are protruding which causes pressure on the nerves. Can't walk, empty handed, for more than 50 yards without (now) back pain, tingling and extreme weakness in the right leg. If I try to pickup and carry more than 10-15 pounds, the walking distance decreases by half.</p><p> Here, LibMut uses a doctor to review my records, having never laid eyes on me or even talk to me, to "make recommendations" on treatment. They took a month to approve the first physical therapy. When PT alone didn't do enough they drug out for three weeks my first epidural injection, then another month for the second injection and totally denying the third.</p><p> The reviewing doc said the injection wasn't needed, but PT and home exercise (which I had been doing all along) would take care of the problem. Then when my treating Doc sent me back to PT (on the reviewing doc's advice) LibMut denied that as well.</p><p></p><p>DO NOT agree to a maximum medical improvement rating, until you and YOUR doctor are satisfied that you have actually reached a point where nothing else can be done to help you. The MMI rating will disqualify you for further TIBs. Pay close attention to time limits on appeals for anything that isn't done correct. Letting them expire can come back to bite you in the ass.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trplnkl, post: 772866, member: 13254"] Red, what does your lawyer have to say about all this? Have you contacted your state's workers comp commission? Your story sounds all too familiar. My discs are not herniated, but L5,S1 and S2 are protruding which causes pressure on the nerves. Can't walk, empty handed, for more than 50 yards without (now) back pain, tingling and extreme weakness in the right leg. If I try to pickup and carry more than 10-15 pounds, the walking distance decreases by half. Here, LibMut uses a doctor to review my records, having never laid eyes on me or even talk to me, to "make recommendations" on treatment. They took a month to approve the first physical therapy. When PT alone didn't do enough they drug out for three weeks my first epidural injection, then another month for the second injection and totally denying the third. The reviewing doc said the injection wasn't needed, but PT and home exercise (which I had been doing all along) would take care of the problem. Then when my treating Doc sent me back to PT (on the reviewing doc's advice) LibMut denied that as well. DO NOT agree to a maximum medical improvement rating, until you and YOUR doctor are satisfied that you have actually reached a point where nothing else can be done to help you. The MMI rating will disqualify you for further TIBs. Pay close attention to time limits on appeals for anything that isn't done correct. Letting them expire can come back to bite you in the ass. [/QUOTE]
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