So many of the phone calls and emails I\u00a0receive are about how to reopen a closed claim that \u00a0I am providing useful links to the articles and blogs I’ve written about reopening.\u00a0\u00a0 Please read these articles, as they do take you step by step through the process to first determine whether you can reopen your claim, and then how to go about reopening your old claim.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/jhwlawoffice.com\/reopen-claim.php<\/a><\/p>\n It will be difficult for most of you wanting to reopen your claim to get a private attorney to help you,\u00a0 particularly if you have already received the maximum amount payable for a permanent impairment.\u00a0 That is because private attorneys get paid for helping injured workers by charging a percentage of the permanent impairment award.\u00a0 If there is no possible additional award after the claim is reopened, the attorney\u00a0will not be\u00a0paid a fee for helping to get the claim reopened.\u00a0\u00a0 That is why you want to make sure that when you first hire an attorney to represent you, that the attorney will\u00a0 agree to also help you reopen your claim if that is ever necessary in the future.\u00a0\u00a0 If your old attorney doesn’t seem to remember you or want to help you, and a new attorney is not interested in helping you because he or she needs to be paid, there is\u00a0the Nevada Attorney for Injured Workers.\u00a0 The NAIW <\/a>will assist you if your reopening request is denied, and you need representation at the appeals level.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So many of the phone calls and emails I\u00a0receive are about how to reopen a closed claim that \u00a0I am providing useful links to the articles and blogs I’ve written about reopening.\u00a0\u00a0 Please read these articles, as they do take you step by step through the process to first determine whether you can reopen your … Continue reading Reopening Revisited<\/span>