Workers’ Compensation Disability and Benefits

Last Updat­ed on June 19, 2023 

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What are the Types of Workers Comp Disability Benefits?

There are two different ways workers’ compensation disability benefits get classified. These are:

• Tem­po­rary or per­ma­nent benefits
• Total or par­tial benefits

These dis­abil­i­ty ben­e­fits varies from state to state. As an Injured Work­er, your dis­abil­i­ty ben­e­fits are deter­mined by your health­care provider after your examination.

The four types of worker comp disabilities are:

Tem­po­rary total dis­abil­i­ty. This type of dis­abil­i­ty is grant­ed when you as an injured work­ers are too sick or ill to work reg­u­lar­ly but your injury isn’t per­ma­nent. For exam­ple, say you are a fac­tor work­er you throw out your back while work­ing on the job. After see­ing a doc­tor, it’s deter­mined that you might needs only need a month of recov­ery before you are able to go back to work.

Tem­po­rary par­tial dis­abil­i­ty. This type of dis­abil­i­ty is grant­ed when you as an injured work­er sus­tain an injury that still allows you to per­form some work tasks. For exam­ple, you are injured because you slipped while mop­ping the floor and broke your leg. The doc­tor may deter­mine that return­ing to work is an option for you. How­ev­er, in this case you will only be able to per­form cer­tain light duties while your leg heals.

Per­ma­nent total dis­abil­i­ty. This type of dis­abil­i­ty is grant­ed when you as injured work­er are unable to work after sus­tain­ing a per­ma­nent injury. For exam­ple, you work at a con­struc­tion com­pa­ny and sus­tains an injury that a doc­tor deter­mines that you will not be able to work again as a con­struc­tion worker.

Per­ma­nent par­tial dis­abil­i­ty. This type of dis­abil­i­ty can be caused by an injury that is per­ma­nent and may impair your abil­i­ty to work in some cir­cum­stances. For exam­ple, you were work­ing in a ware­house and your dam­age your knee on while push­ing a box. The work­ers’ comp doc­tor has deter­mined that this affects your abil­i­ty to walk or bike but you can still per­form oth­er work relat­ed tasks or can be placed in anoth­er job position.

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