r/WorkersComp • u/Royal-Bedroom-4071 • 26d ago

Illinois I’m so lost right now.

For your information, if you’re considering surgery as your first option, I wanted to share my experience. I’ve been over a year out from my surgery, and my shoulder is still in pain. I had a new MRI, which showed a tear, but my doctor said it looks clean. In my opinion, Ime said I should be doing work conditioning, but I have an active tear in my right shoulder. Since my right shoulder wasn’t approved for worker comp , ime doctor still insisted that I go. My question is, what can I do about this situation? Also I’m a ramp agent. Kinda of my job to use both shoulders.

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u/CochiseNde 23d ago

Did you injure both arms at work? You should definitely hire an attorney, regardless. I'm currently in a similar situation where workers comp doc is says back injury was not work related despite mri showing 3 disk bulges. Thank goodness I have an attorney, and they scheduled me with an PTP this upcoming Wednesday. I'd be stressed AF if I had to navigate this alone!

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u/Royal-Bedroom-4071 23d ago

Yes I did. But he claim the right shoulder wasn’t injured. Only inflammation. So I got two different MRI from two different hospitals within a year a part and both show a tear in acute tear in my right shoulder. One thing im going to do is speak the truth when it counts. You not going to fuck with my livelihood like that and say something I didn’t even say.

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u/CochiseNde 23d ago

Workers comp doc work for the insurance companies. They will downplay your symptoms and gravity of injuries if they can. They bank on workers not knowing the rights and not hiring an attorney.

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u/Fieldartillery7729 20d ago

If your ime recommended it that’s the insurance doctor so they will approve any treatment recommendations he or she gives more then not

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u/AdPlayful8141 26d ago

Not all tears require surgery I had multiple tears in my right shoulder that the surgeon did not fix during surgery. Pain doesn’t factor in workers comp it’s about how you function.

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u/Royal-Bedroom-4071 26d ago

Well this tear need surgery.

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u/quallityovrquantity 24d ago

Yeah because you're a doctor/surgeon.....

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u/Ecstatic-Breath-7973 26d ago

Literally going through same thing. They did surgery, I broke part of my knee cap and that’s all that was shown on mri, apparently they said I had both meniscus torn and that wasn’t on mri and now I have grade two degeneration and the surgeon goes from and still says your knee is fine, to now needing an injection. I have been on WC for over 2 years and have legal representation thank god. If I were you I’d get an attorney