As a last mile USPS worker, you know how important it is to be healthy and fit given the physically strenuous nature of your job; an injury can not only put you out of commission for a number of weeks, it may also make it virtually impossible to go back to your position at a later date given the nature of the injury and the real possibility of reinjury. Serious injuries such as back injury, knee injury may require invasive and complex surgery which may not fully restore you to your previous state.

However, thanks to OWCP, you are able to recover compensation due to your permanent impairment by way of a schedule award. That said, what OWCP doesn’t tell you is that the standard impairment rating used to determine the schedule award doesn’t take into account your complete inability to perform your work-related tasks such as walking up inclines in steep and elevated neighborhoods, offloading packages from your van, and even bending over to place packages on customer’s stoops. In such instances, it is in your best interests to retain a USPS last mile worker federal workers’ compensation attorney in order to secure the maximum schedule award you are owed.

We Could Help You!

Are you looking for a federal workers’ compensation attorney? Please call us NOW at (314) 481-63338 to learn more about your legal options for justice and compensation. The experienced USPS last mile injury attorneys at McCready Law bring to the table over three decades of stellar experience where we’ve helped thousands of injured federal workers apply and qualify for benefits such as schedule awards after getting injured on the job while delivering mail for the USPS. We possess direct experience working with OWCP as well as OPM and pride ourselves in being able to act as liaisons between you and these federal agencies, helping expedite your claims by ensuring all your forms are filed in a timely manner and that you are seen by an OWCP-conversant physician who can write an objective medical report which demonstrates causation between your injuries or occupational illness and the work-related event that caused it.

In addition, we are adept at overturning any federal workers’ compensation denials by triggering appeals and representing you every step of the way. We also understand that this may be a financially trying moment in your life at the moment, and this is why McCready Law is proud to announce that we provide flexible monthly payment plans which we can discuss and come to an agreement on so you don’t have to worry about the cost of hiring a federal workers’ compensation lawyer, and instead focus on getting better as you leave the rest of the hard work to us. If you got injured in any way working as a USPS last mile worker, don’t delay as OWCP has strict filing deadlines – get in touch with us NOW at (314) 481-63338 to learn more about your legal options for justice and compensation; our intake team is standing by.

Should You Settle for the Initial OWCP Impairment Rating?

For the uninitiated, a schedule award is a cash payment that is doled out for the permanent loss of a body part as listed by FECA documentation. It is only provided when they see a doctor who then refers to the impairment rating found in the American Medical Association’s Guide to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. The problem with these medical evaluations is that while they look great on paper (a 10 percent rating on a knee that doesn’t bend 90 degrees) they fail horribly in real world applications such as carrying a 35 pound satchel and crouching to place it on the floor. In such instances, the reality is that the functional loss of your job can be said to be 100%.

In order to build the case for maximum impairment, the following must be demonstrated:

1. We will work with your doctor and provide them with a detailed list of the physical demands associated with your job so they can write an unequivocally explicit medical report which shows you are unable to carry out the lightest of work, which then ratchets up your impairment rating.
2. In addition, back surgeries, or injuries that cause nerve damage must be followed with EMG or electromyography and nerve conduction studies or NCS showing that you indeed suffered permanent nerve damage, or are now living with chronic pain syndrome, all of which can increase the total percentage with regard impairment rating.
3. A whole person impairment rating must be provided which is a conglomeration of all the percentage impairments you received. That is to say, a 15 percent loss of use of a leg doesn’t translate to a whole person impairment. By working with our network of OWCP conversant physicians, we will be able to construct legally sound narratives that justify the highest possible impairment rating.

Nationwide Federal OWCP Attorneys — Call Us Today!

If you are a USPS letter carrier who has undergone surgery for a work injury and are facing a permanent impairment, do not settle for OWCP’s first rating. The process is designed to minimize your award. McCready Law has your back — simply give us a call NOW at (314) 481-63338 to speak with a specialist who understands the unique physical demands of your job and the legal path to your maximum Schedule Award. The call is 100% FREE. Thank you for choosing McCready Law.