Texas Injury Resources

Pre-existing conditions in work injury cases Work injuries can happen in variety of ways. Because our bodies change through the natural process of aging, employers and their insurance companies rely on test results showing degeneration (age-related changes) to argue that your injury is Pre-Existing. The can use age-related changes seen on X-rays or MRIs to argue that any work injury you are claiming is really a result of natural processes and you do not have a true new (acute) injury. First of all, you should never believe a physician who is telling you that all your complaints of pain are ... Continue Reading

If you get injured on the job, whether you are able to file a lawsuit against your employer depends on a couple of things. First, you must first be able to identify if your employer is Texas Workers’ Compensation Subscriber or, if they are Texas Non-Subscriber? Second, you have to be able to determine if you’re employer’s NEGLIGENCE caused your injury. If your employer has Texas Workers’ Compensation, then, the general rule is that you cannot file a lawsuit against your employer for any negligence that caused your injury. One of the fundamental differences between an injured worker’s rights ... Continue Reading

If you haven’t reported the work injury, call your employer now How? Send an email or leave a voicemail letting them know when you were injured! If you’ve been seriously injured at work, the best way to ensure that your rights will be protected is to report the injury and get the necessary medical attention immediately! Call and put Sandoval to work for you! Every case is different but, below are some general recommendations if you are injured on the job: REPORT THE INCIDENT! REPORT YOUR INJURIES! It does not matter how minor it may seem or if you don’t really know what type of ... Continue Reading

Non-Subscriber claims are set up in such way that, if you don’t report the injury within a certain timeframe, usually 24 hours, you could be denied wage and medical benefits. We all know that sometimes following an accident, you don’t always know if you’re really injured or, you don’t know how serious the injury is. We naturally try to give it some time and see if the pain or discomfort will simply go away. When you have an injury incident at work, you cannot “give it some time” because it will affect your ability to prove that your injury came about from a specific incident at work. It’s ... Continue Reading

An Adverse Benefit Determination after you see the IME doctor If you’ve been receiving treatment and then, suddenly, you are asked to go see a doctor for the first time, chances are, that examination is a Defense medical examination or an IME. After you see the IME doctor, you typically will receive a letter with the report informing you that, based on the good doctor’s examination, your benefits have been terminated. That letter informing you that your rights have been terminated is an Adverse Benefit Determination. It informs you that you a have a right to appeal the decision, but you have ... Continue Reading

What is an IME? If you’ve been injured working for a Texas Non-Subscriber employer, you may have received some treatment and then you’ve been asked to go see a doctor for an Independent Medical Examination or an IME. What is an IME? First of all, it’s not INDEPENDENT in any sense of the word. It’s the set-up. This is a Defense ordered and payed medical examination where essentially you are going to see a “doctor” for the first time and he is going to answer some questions asked by the insurance company. For example, whether your injury is related to the work accident or whether, at this stage ... Continue Reading

The truth hurts. In a nutshell, the adjuster in your case is delaying your treatment because they don’t want to have documented evidence of your injury. Approving tests that confirm that an injury is work related is not in the best interest of your employer and of the insurance company. This is also why the adjuster tells you that you cannot go see your own doctor. Well, you really can but, it will be at your expense. It’s not always possible to go see your own doctor and so an injured employee usually elects to wait for approval of the recommended tests, like an MRI. Remember that insurance ... Continue Reading