I'm trying to figure out what my future looks like and honestly it's keeping me up at night. I've been a carpenter for over twenty-five years and I loved my job, but after a bad fall on a job site about two years ago, my back just hasn't been the same. I've been through surgery, months of physical therapy, and I'm still dealing with nerve pain in my leg and limited mobility. My surgeon finally told me last month that I've reached maximum improvement and that I'm going to have permanent restrictions for the rest of my life, specifically no heavy lifting, no climbing ladders, no prolonged standing. For a carpenter, that's basically saying I can't do my job anymore. The insurance company sent me to their own doctor who said I'm fine to go back to full duty with no restrictions, which is ridiculous because I can barely make it through a grocery trip without my back screaming at me. I've been looking for a disability compensation attorney Rosendale NY because I don't know how I'm supposed to support myself if I can't go back to the only kind of work I've ever known. I guess I'm trying to figure out how these things usually play out when the doctors disagree so completely. Does the judge usually believe the treating doctor or the insurance doctor? And if I do get some kind of permanent disability settlement, how do they even calculate what that's worth when I'm only in my forties and I was supposed to work for another twenty years? Anyone who's been through this and come out the other side, I'd really appreciate hearing how it went for you.
Patrick Reed 3 weeks ago