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Injuries on the job are all too common in Washington, and a basic look at the state’s statistics show that approximately thousands of people filed claims for worker’s compensation benefits during the fiscal year 2008. While much of this type of law is relatively settled, filing a workers' compensation claim for benefits by no means automatically leads to an award of the benefits sought. In fact, state records show that more than 20,000 claims for workers' compensation benefits were rejected in Washington during that time frame. When this occurs, you need help in the form of a Washington worker’s compensation lawyer, whether you were injured in Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia or anywhere else.
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Below are a few common issues that arise within the realm of worker’s compensation law in Washington:
- Injury Compensation – Injury compensation refers to the type and amount of benefits for which an injured worker in Washington would be eligible based on the specifics of the injury suffered.
- Medical Benefits – Medical benefits deals with issues involving how much medical care the injured worker is entitled to, which doctors he or she can see and how long the injured worker can see such a doctor based on the injury suffered.
- Future Benefits – Future benefits deal with amount of benefits payable to the injured party and the duration at which they’ll be paid.
- Death Benefits – Death benefits are generally reduced to an equation and are paid to specific heirs and relations to a worker in Washington who was killed on the job.
- Permanent Disability – Permanent disability is one of the classifications available to injured workers in Washington, and it basically states that the injured worker will never recover from his or her injuries to the point where he or she will have full function or the same level of function prior to the injury.
- Temporary Disability – Temporary disability is the opposite of permanent disability in Washington, as it carries the connotation that the injured worker will at some point recover from his or her injuries and return to similar duties that he or she handled prior to the injury in question.
- Change of Condition – A change of condition in Washington is a situation that often gives rise to the need for a Washington worker’s compensation attorney. This notion basically states that a worker’s health/injury situation has either improved or regressed to the point where the award of benefits needs to be adjusted.
- Vocational Rehabilitation – Vocational rehabilitation is available for those workers whose injuries will prevent them from returning to the type of work they were handling prior to the occurrence of the injury.
- Multiple Injury Compensation – Multiple injury compensation is often quite complicated, and it refers to situations in which a worker has suffered more than one injury.
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If you or someone you love has been injured on the job in Washington and you are having problems with your award of benefits, you need the help of a Washington worker’s compensation attorney at the law firm of Phillips Webster. The firm has helped many injured workers throughout the state, including those harmed in Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia. Contact the firm today to schedule a free initial consultation.