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Most all of these IME are paid quacks who will say whatever an insurance company wants. You would need to focus on your treating physician's testimony and records, since their opinion has much more credibility and weight based on their long term treatment compared to some quack who saw you one time and barely looked at the medical records.
However, if your physical injuries still prevents you from working, you are still entitled to the settlement. Usually, the workers compensation insurer, while they may challenge this type of PTSD claim, they lose most of them if your treating physicians are strong enough.
However, if your case settles and they include your mental health bills, that means they have accepted the whole claim including the PTSD. Generally if your physical injury is severe enough, the PTSD would not impact your disability. If your physical injury would still render you unable to work, then your retirement disability payment should not be impacted.
Most all of these IME are paid quacks who will say whatever an insurance company wants. You would need to focus on your treating physician's testimony and records, since their opinion has much more credibility and weight based on their long term treatment compared to some quack who saw you one time and barely looked at the medical records.
However, if your physical injuries still prevents you from working, you are still entitled to the settlement. Usually, the workers compensation insurer, while they may challenge this type of PTSD claim, they lose most of them if your treating physicians are strong enough.
However, if your case settles and they include your mental health bills, that means they have accepted the whole claim including the PTSD. Generally if your physical injury is severe enough, the PTSD would not impact your disability. If your physical injury would still render you unable to work, then your retirement disability payment should not be impacted.
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