tinnitus and injury to the ear |
Injury to the Ear, Tinnitus: Is it More of an Injury Than We Think? Are We Missing Something Here? by Steven M. Birnbaum, Esq. Section 908(a)(13) defines compensation for disability under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act and prescribes that "Determinations of loss of hearing shall be made in accordance with the [AMA Guides] as promulgated and modified from time to time by the American Medical Association." Yet, nowhere in the act itself, is there any mention of tinnitus or the laws of equilibrium. The AMA Guides do in fact deal with...Read more. |
tinnitus and ama guides |
Tinnitus and Hearing Loss: Noteworthy AMA Guides Cases, compiled by Thomas A. Robinson. Each year in the medico-legal treatise Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (LexisNexis), we survey court decisions involving the AMA's Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. Here are some interesting cases involving tinnitus and hearing loss where the AMA Guides were applied...Read more. |
larson's spotlight: preexisting condition, self-procured surgery, compromise and release |
Larson's Spotlight on Recent Cases, by Thomas A. Robinson, JD
Nebraska: Shoulder Injury Claim Fails Where Claimant's Condition was the Natural Progression of Preexisting Torn Rotator Cuff. In Nebraska, if a workers' comp case involves a preexisting condition, the claimant must prove that the claimed injury or disability was caused by the claimant's employment and that it was not merely the natural progression of a condition present before the employment...read more.
Tennessee: Payment for Self-Procured Surgery Allowed Where Aborted Surgery by Panel Physician Almost Kills Injured Employee. Read more.
Delaware: Police Officer's Cardiac Symptoms Caused by Preexisting Condition, Not Burglary Investigation. Read more.
United States: Comp Claimant's Execution of Compromise and Release Containing General Release Barred Subsequent Federal Action. Read more. |