Category: General

Schedule Award for Back Injury: Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar

Remember that backs are not amenable to a schedule award unless there is nerve injury effecting a leg or arm.

OWCP recently seems to be very quick to suspend benefits based on alleging that the claimant obstructed an OWCP process

If a claimant was intoxicated due to medication or alcohol, then this provides a basis for denial of the claim.

I have written about this problem before; however, I recently received a decision from the Branch of Hearings and Review

Volumes could be written about the OWCP Schedule Award. The payment of schedule awards for head, neck, and back injuries

A claimant is often unsure of whether a medical condition is resulting from a new set of factual circumstances or

This post concerns questions that I receive on a frequent basis concerning Independent Medical Exams required by OWCP. There may

Attention: The McConnell Case (NRP Class Action) has been resolved in favor of the claimants: ie Postal Employees However, the

Certain Government employees that work at military bases are covered by a Workers’ Compensation type law called: Non-Appropriated Funds Act.

Federal workers’ compensation attorney Alan J. Shapiro has 28 federal workers’ compensation keys to the kingdom… #28 Appellate Procedure Certain