WHEN DOWORKERS'COMPENSATION BENEFITS START?

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IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FORWORKERS COMPENSATION BENEFITS,

IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHENYOU WILL START RECEIVING THEM.

Some types of benefits,including medical benefits,START IMMEDIATELY.

It is not necessary to waituntil your workers' comp case is opened

to seek medical treatment for your injuries.

If you have already received billsfor medical treatment for injuries

you believe are related to your claim,FILE A WORKERS' COMP

CLAIM RIGHT AWAY.

Temporary disability benefits,or "time loss compensation,"

permanent disability benefits,and other workers' comp benefits

do not start until the claimis formally accepted.

Even if the claim you file is approved,you won't actually start receiving cashbenefits until you are entitled to them.

Most states require that a doctorcompletes a form certifying

that you are physically incapableof working at the present time.

Your temporary disability benefitswill stop once your employer

established sufficient evidenceto show that you no longer need

to keep receiving them.

INCOME BENEFITScover a portion of wages that you lose

due to being unable to work,either because of a

work-related illness or injury.

MEDICAL BENEFITScover any necessary treatments

that are related to yourworkplace injury or illness.