Fibromyalgia is a nervous system condition thought to be caused by overactive nerves. It presents as a gnawing, ongoing ache in the shoulders, neck, leg and back muscles, and it cannot be relieved by standard pain relief modalities such as applying hot or cold compresses, opioid medications or NSAIDs. Fibromyalgia may be triggered by physical or emotional stress, can come on due to a major injury, and it can recur in an unpredictable fashion. Women are more likely to be affected by fibromyalgia, and it can be disabling and make it virtually impossible to perform one’s work duties as an injured federal worker.
Are you looking for information on whether your fibromyalgia will be approved for federal workers’ compensation benefits? No two cases are alike, and you must show a direct link between your condition and the work duty that caused or aggravated your fibromyalgia. If you don’t want to go it alone because you’re unfamiliar with the law, give us a call NOW at 1-855-233-3002 for your 100% FREE, no-commitment consultation into all things injured federal workers’ compensation and benefit from our over 2 decades’ worth of experience fighting for injured postal and other federal workers just like you.
Fibromyalgia and OWCP – An Objective Medical Report Is Key
In order to have your OWCP fibromyalgia claim accepted, it is important that you see a physician who is conversant with how to write up objective reports in the way that’s required by OWCP. The doctor must take your complete medical history, perform a medical exam and then describe your pain and discomfort and which work activity or injury caused it or aggravated it. In addition, they must include recommendations on whether or not you can continue working or should be placed on federal workers’ compensation benefits.
Fibromyalgia and Injured Federal Workers – A Secondary or Consequential Injury
Generally speaking, fibromyalgia is more often than not a condition that is secondary to another one: that is to say, you may have suffered arthritis, carpal tunnel or a back strain leading to slipped or bulging discs which then goes on to cause nervous system dysfunction which manifests as fibromyalgia. Therefore, a fibromyalgia claim is usually seen as a separate or consequential which are usually fought or shot down by OWCP claims examiners with frightening regularity.
How We Can Help – Best OWCP Attorneys
It is important that you see your fibromyalgia condition as an ongoing medical concern that is compensable under the law. By working with a best federal workers’ compensation attorney, you will be able to document, using legal lingo in line with OWCP requirements, the nature of your chronic pain as well as how it ties into the requirements for compensation. As such, you want to make sure that you find an injured federal worker law firm that is conversant with such claims so you come up with a compelling case that will stand up to OWCP’s scrutiny.
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