Results of Medical Evaluations Are Very Important to your Workers’ Compensation Case

Gain insights into the process of medical evaluations in Workers’ Compensation (WC) cases and the importance of having an impartial and reliable physician to assess your injury. Learn about the options of an agreed medical evaluation (AME) or a panel qualified medical evaluator (QME) and their role in determining the extent of your benefits.

If the applicant cannot perform any PRW, or the individual has no relevant work, the adjudicator goes to step five. In considering PRW, the SSA examines an applicant’s work experience.

For an impairment to be sufficiently severe under the Social Security Act, impairment or impairments must interfere with basic work-related activities. What activities are considered “basic work-related activities” under the Act?