When you suffer an injury at work, in Waterbury, when can you get the permanent partial disability, or PPD, award in your workers compensation case? The answer is that the workers compensation PPD benefit vests when the injured worker reaches maximum medical improvement. In essence, maximum medical improvement means your doctor has stated that you have improved as much as you can, after the work injury, and is usually accompanied by an opinion about your work status. Make sure you find out if the doctor imposes any work restrictions before you go back to work and tell the workers compensation insurance company and employer if there are any restrictions if you are injured at work. Once you get to maximum medical improvement, or MMI, the workers compensation insurance company may try to terminate your right to get medical treatment and will file a Form 36. Make sure you get help from The Law Office of Thomas L. Brayton, III, in Waterbury, to fend off the insurance company as it tries to get the Form 36 granted by the commissioner. This can only happen if the weight of medical evidence says you no longer need treatment. You may still be entitled to get medical treatment for your work injury if your doctor orders more medical treatment. Thus, if you are injured at work, in Waterbury, and have a workers compensation case, The Law Office of Thomas L. Brayton, III can help you get your PPD benefit when you are entitled to it. 

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