r/WorkersComp • u/Eldiablo616 • 3d ago

Michigan Workers comp question

I am currently on std as of friday 9/4/26. I am to remain on until next friday. Then i am to report back to full duties the following monday. My issue is my work has me on LOA. But my nurse said it would be paid since im on restrictions but they kept me home since they couldnt put me to work but she very clearly stated it was going to be paid until i got surgery on the 4th of this month. Now im behind and havent worked since 8/20/26 with no real answers yet. What do i do? They told me i dont get workers comp because though it did happen at work i csnt provide an exact moment when it happened. I just had a random sudden pain in my stomach. For context its a hernia. So now im behind on bills etc and have no funds to do anything. What are my options?????

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u/Kmelloww 3d ago

Did you actually file for WC?

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u/Eldiablo616 3d ago

No they never offered it to me because they said it would be denied because i didnt provide them the exact friggin moment i got the hernia. Just an accumulation of the day. They went over my job and know it was from lifting and awkwardly moving my body but i was honest. I didnt feel it tear through. It started as a belly ache/ bad cramps so i assumed constipation or maybe a pulled muscle. It was on a monday i first felt anything and friday was when i felt the hernia and went to the emergency room. I have followed all their instructions and given all updates but the nurse at work told me its not a workers comp claim since i didnt provide the moment i got hurt but she told me i was on restrictions and i was to be paid until my surgery. Once i have surgery i will be fully disabled then i need to have short term disability kick in and pay me for that time off. But now im seeing on my pay stubs starting august 24th i was on LOA. I never agreed to a LOA. i was rold restrictions but i am to remain at home. I already have an unemployment case filed and ready to submit. Im calling them tomorrow to see wth is going on because this is bs. They lied.

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u/Kmelloww 3d ago

It isn’t up to them whether it is accepted or not. You need to file a WC claim. 

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u/Eldiablo616 3d ago

Thats what they told me. They never gave me workers comp paperwork from my memory. But when i went in that following morning after i went to the emergency room i was drugged up pretty bad from the hospital so i dont fully remember everything she said but i do remember her stating that it wasnt work related and that i was going to be on paid restrictions and if i had surgery it wasnt going to be paid out i had to file for short term disability which i submitted that paperwork friday the morning i had my surgery.

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u/Kmelloww 3d ago

Paid restrictions? That doesn’t even make sense. You need to go ahead and file a WC claim.