{"id":1980,"date":"2020-11-13T19:55:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T19:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/13\/idiopathic-injuries-workers-compensation\/"},"modified":"2020-11-13T19:55:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T19:55:35","slug":"idiopathic-injuries-workers-compensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law888.com\/?p=1980","title":{"rendered":"Idiopathic Injuries and Workers&#8217; Compensation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Injuries that occur <em>while performing work<\/em> are eligible for <a href=\"https:\/\/workinjury888.com\/workers-compensation-benefits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">workers&#8217; compensation benefits<\/a>, regardless of location.\u00a0 However, some injuries that occur <em>at a work location<\/em> are <em>not<\/em> automatically eligible for benefits.\u00a0 Among the ineligible injuries for workers&#8217; compensation claims are idiopathic injuries, which, if you are not familiar with the term, are probably not what you might think they are.\u00a0 An idiopathic injury refers to any injury that occurs spontaneously and does not have an immediately known cause.\u00a0 In general, insurance companies may consider any injuries that are not caused by working or by the work environment to be idiopathic, even if the injury took place in a work environment.<\/p>\n<p>Many conditions and diseases, whether previously diagnosed or not, could lead to an idiopathic injury denial of workers&#8217; compensation benefits.\u00a0 Common types of injuries that could occur physically at work but not caused by working that may be considered idiopathic could include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seizure<\/li>\n<li>Heart attack, stroke, or other cardiovascular event<\/li>\n<li>Fainting spell<\/li>\n<li>Diabetic event<\/li>\n<li>Aneurysm<\/li>\n<li>Bone fracture without trauma<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Every workers&#8217; compensation claim is unique, so it is difficult to know whether or not an insurance company will deny a claim using an idiopathic injury argument.\u00a0 And even if the idiopathic injury itself is not compensable, injuries that occurred because of the idiopathic injury may be.\u00a0 For example, if a worker experiences a seizure and hits his head on a desk, the seizure itself may not be eligible for benefits, but the head injury might be eligible.<\/p>\n<p>Insurance companies will use any reason to deny a claim, including idiopathic injuries.\u00a0 The Law Offices of Scott Warmuth fights to ensure our clients receive all of the benefits they are entitled to.\u00a0 Our dedicated <a href=\"https:\/\/law888.com\/workers-compensation-attorney\/\">workers&#8217; compensation attorneys<\/a> examine every case in detail to prove that your work injury receives medical treatment and disability benefits.\u00a0 For a free <a href=\"https:\/\/workinjury888.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">work injury<\/a> consultation, call us today at 888-517-9888.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Injuries that occur while performing work are eligible for workers&#8217; compensation benefits, regardless of location.\u00a0 However, some injuries that occur at a work location are not automatically eligible for benefits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-workers-compensation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}