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P THURBER

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PubMed1957

Disability; is it permanent?

Too often cases of industrial injuries are submitted for permanent disability rating before maximum recovery is attained and the condition is permanent and stationary. This is frequently a situation that is detrimental to the injured working man, since his physical disability might be further reduced by additional treatment, and his future earning power and economic status thus be improved. Also it may be detrimental to the insurance carrier and/or employer, since in some instances it results in increased permanent disability award payments for portions of the condition which are not truly permanent. Inadequate medical reports also are a frequent cause of unfair awards. The necessary factors used to arrive at proper conclusions, the errors that have been observed and the importance of this problem are discussed.

Persons with Disabilities↗
PubMed1954

Relation of trauma to disease; aspects of correlation in cases involving compensation.

In cases of disease possibly etiologically related to industrial trauma and therefore raising questions of compensation, attention should be given at the very outset to factors that might help supply the answers to these questions. In such circumstances it is helpful if the first physician to examine the patient after the onset of disease attempts to:1. Determine whether the disease has been accelerated by injury or is proceeding at the usua, rate;2. Establish the stage of the disease;3. Estimate the time of onset;4. Make differential diagnosis (in many cases) between diseases of idiopathic origin and unaffected by trauma and diseases directly due to trauma.

Compensation and Redress↗