Home/Locations/Winnemucca/Permanent Total Disability Assessment
Winnemucca, Nevada
Permanent Total Disability Assessment in Winnemucca
A written opinion on whether a claimant is permanently and totally disabled from gainful employment, measured against the permanent restrictions on file, the claimant’s work history and what the Nevada labor market will actually hire.
Permanent Total Disability Assessment for Winnemucca claims
A permanent total disability assessment answers one question: with the permanent restrictions now on file, is there work this claimant can realistically be hired to do? We interview the claimant, verify the work history and education against the record, measure what remains against the restrictions the treating physician has given, and test that against real openings and real hiring practices in the Nevada labor market rather than against job titles on paper. Age, education, language, transferable skills and the physical demands of the available work are all weighed. The conclusion is stated plainly, with the reasoning traceable back to the record, because it is written knowing an adjuster, a hearing officer or opposing counsel may read it.
For files in Winnemucca, that work happens in northern Nevada mining and transport country along the I-80 corridor. Knowing which employers there will take a modified-duty candidate is the difference between a labor market survey and an actual placement.
Performed under NRS 616C.435.
Deliverables
- Written PTD assessment
- Employability analysis
- Labor market findings
Refer a Winnemucca file for Permanent Total Disability Assessment
Assigned to a named counselor you can contact directly.