Disputing Low Impairment Ratings in Texas Workers Comp
Impairment rating disputes to an insurance company doctor (RME doctor) should be in writing, within 7 days of receiving the report from your Treating Doctor. Your lawyer should file a written dispute within 90 days of when you received the impairment rating. You should not dispute impairment ratings over the telephone and your doctor cannot file the dispute for you, regardless of what anyone else says. If your impairment rating is not timely disputed it becomes permanent. After a dispute is filed, a Designated Doctor will be appointed to decide on MMI and Impairment. Call us before you see the Designated Doctor to avoid any impairment rating mistakes.
To dispute your own doctor’s impairment rating, your lawyer should talk with your doctor about increasing his impairment rating. If your doctor refuses, your lawyer can file the necessary forms and request a BRC. You have 90 days to dispute your own doctor or the impairment rating becomes final.
To dispute a State Designated Doctor impairment rating, your lawyer should talk with your
doctor about writing a letter to the State stating why the DD impairment rating is incorrect.
The State should then write the DD to ask him to reconsider the rating. If the DD refuses to
reconsider or change the rating your lawyer can request a BRC to challenge the rating. You must
dispute the DD before the end of the 1st Quarter of SIBS or lose your right to do so.
Located in Houston, the Ogletree Abbott Law Firm is the state's leading Workers Comp Law Firm. We offer free personal, confidential information via Online Chat, Video chat, Email and by our international Toll-Free telephone number 1-888-434-COMP or 713-223-1234. E-Communicate or speak directly to one of our workers comp lawyers at no cost to you. The initial consultation is Free. Remember, the more information you get, the better choices you will make. We are ready to help you today if you need to dispute your impairment ratings.
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