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risingeagle222 · 09-21-2007, 06:33 PM

Someone stated that most work injuries end up with a 0% impairment rating. This does not make any sense to me. I fully believe that once you have surgery for an injury you will never be 100% again. So how then a 0% rating?????
I have had 8 surgeries on my hands and my hands will never be the same................i dont care what anyone says.
If my employer won't let me return to work than that should say something.
One other thing I am wondering is will my doctor do both a impairment rating and an industrial rating?????

jayne · 09-21-2007, 07:04 PM

the rating in okla has to do with disabilty......if your surgery brings you back to being able to do your job then no disabilty....however I just cant see where if you have surgery you can ever be brought back to 100%

1171 · (This post was last modified: 09-21-2007 07:52 PM by WCisBS.)

I think there was a misunderstanding. I was refering to all work injuries not just surgeries or not the most serious ones.
Most injuries don't result in surgery. Most work injuries don't even result in lost time.
a few stitches or a day off to soak an ankle or get an xray. All the work comp data shows that fully 85% of work injuries are medical only.
Shy

You are correct that most surgeries (except maybe hernias or lasceration repair) are serious and their will be permanent impairment.
We have to be careful with our words and make sure we are refering to the same things.
Smile

Most who post on this board and have problems and complaints with the work comp system are not representative of everyone who's had a claim. Serious work comp injuries are far and away the smallest portion of the claims.

Smile

It helps to know how small the sampling is when you try to make generalizations.
be well

Pooh · 09-21-2007, 10:56 PM

eagle

the commissioner decides on the industrial rating - the doctor only does the medical rating - if that helps you any.

sparkey · 09-22-2007, 05:55 AM

Geesh i called the ic and still no reply on when i go for my ir. It has been a few weeks now and i have no idea how long this will be before i go for one. Does anyone know how long it took them, who contacted them for the ir rating after put at MMI? Thanks.