Monthly Archives: July 2010


Help! My FCE Is Invalid
By Jason Weinstock on July 29, 2010

  The FCE (functional capacity evaluation) often serves to let the physician off the hook on trying to please both his patient and the insurer on the issue of work release restrictions. The insurer may be pressuring the doctor to give a full duty work release, while the patient keeps telling his doctor that he does not … Continue reading Help! My FCE Is Invalid

Advanced Settlement Loan Companies
By Jason Weinstock on July 19, 2010

Occasionally, one of my clients asks me to sign a lien agreement with  a company offering to advance money to the client based on the client’s potential permanent partial disability award at the end of his claim.  I have never agreed to sign one of these agreements.  These advance settlement firms have been around a long … Continue reading Advanced Settlement Loan Companies

Is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Covered?
By Jason Weinstock on July 14, 2010

While there are no recent statistics, I know from my experience that the majority of claims filed by injured workers in Nevada for carpal tunnel syndrome are initially denied.  Carpal tunnel syndrome presents as numbness, tingling, and pain primarily in the first three fingers and the thumb side of the hand.  It results from compression of the … Continue reading Is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Covered?