Does Knee Joint Replacement Qualify For Work Comp?
Injured while employed by previous employer now ten years later
knee needs to be replaced.
Posted by atjone Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Categories: Surgery
Tags: Comp, Does, Joint, Knee, Qualify, Replacement, Work
I work for an orthopaedic surgeon and I have seen it happen. If you have the doctor behind you enough this is definately possible. If you think about it : if it were not for your initial injury then arthritis would not have set in and you would not need the knee replacement.
No one will cover your for this. For one thing it is 10years later, even if you are correct and the initial injury caused the need for the replacement.
you can only get reimbursement 5 years back from being hurt on a job site or in an accident=sorry
Yes a knee replacement qualify for work comp and depending how old is the employee and the kind of stress or job duty he or she works in? It takes depending on age about 5 to 6 months in order to recuperate. If the knee replacement the orgin of the cause was from a trauma its more easier to recuperate but if its from a pathology like arthritis its going to take a long time disability its the number one in this qualification.