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roddasteven
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I got hurt at work and got an attorney to handle my case. After the first doctor released me after 3 weeks, i requested to be seen by a qme and he found that i was not permanent and stationary. I was then send to a chiropractor and he treated me for a little while and he soon discovered that his treatments werent helping and we had a mri done. The mri showed 3 herniated discs and 2 impinged nerves in my cervical, since i had a pallet fall from 20 feet above and hit me on my neck. I then got an attorney and they started dealing with the claims adjustor. When i was put on disability by the orthopedist that the attorney sent me to, when it came time for the adjustor to pay me benefits, he said that he accepted my claim but he couldnt pay me at this time cause he had to have a report from the qme commenting on the orthopedists treatments. Now the claims adjustor has turned the file over to an attorney, because i guess he doesnt know the law. Does anyone know is this a general practice that when the employee has an attorney, to turn the file over to an attorney and if so, what is the reason for doing this.