Workers Compensation Claims in WA: Impairment Assessment and Compensation Payout

Workers Compensation Claims in WA: Impairment Assessment and Compensation Payout Obtaining an impairment assessment in a workers compensation claim in WA is an essential part of ensuring that an injured person gets an appropriate payout in a workers compensation settlement. Without a permanent impairment assessment, it is likely the insurer will not offer the injured person any money for their permanent impairment (disability). In this video Christian Foyle, the Director of Foyle Legal discusses what needs to be done to get a permanent impairment assessment, how to find an Approved Medical Specialist and how to give them the necessary forms. Approved Medical Specialists from WorkCover WA website: https://online.workcover.wa.gov.au/apps/ApprovedMedicalSpecialist Form AMS 1 as mentioned in video (select Form AMS 1): http://www.workcover.wa.gov.au/resources/forms-publications/worker-forms/ If you are injured at workplace, and made a workers compensation claim or common claim in Western Australia, Foyle Legal represents injured worker on No Win No Fee basis. For additional information about No Win No Fee agreement at Foyle Legal: https://foylelegal.com/personal-injuries/no-win-no-fee-personal-injury-compensation-claim For More information about workers compensation claims at Foyle Legal: https://foylelegal.com/personal-injuries/workers-compensation-claim For More information of Personal Injury Compensation Claims at Foyle Legal: https://foylelegal.com/personal-injuries Foyle Legal Address: 6/2 Carson Road, Malaga, Perth, WA 6090 Foyle Legal: https://foylelegal.com/ Hi, my name is Christian Foyle and I'm the director of Foyle Legal. Today I'd like to speak to you about how to get a permanent impairment assessment. In your workers compensation case, a permanent impairment assessment is a very important part of your workers compensation case and can easily be used to get more money in a workers compensation settlement. If you don't have a permanent impairment assessment, chances are the insurer won't give you any money for that component of your claim. The first thing that you need to do is to find a doctor who is actually willing to do a permanent impairment assessment. Not every doctors willing to do a permanent impairment assessment for workers compensation. Some doctors simply don't do it. There's a list of doctors who are willing to do it on the WorkCover website and I’ll put a link to that down the bottom of this page. The second thing that you need to do is to complete a form AMS1 and I've also put a link to that down the one with this page. After that, is simply a matter of waiting for the report and then send it through to the insurer. In most cases the insurer will pay for the copy of the report after they received the invoice and a copy of the report. Foyle Legal specializes in the area of workers compensation law and provides representation on No Win No Fee basis. You can contact Foyle Legal on 0408 7273 343 by email at: [email protected] or through our website foylelegal.com