Permanent Partial Disability Benefits
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Shouldn’t You Get Compensated If a Work Injury Leaves You Forever Changed?
If you’re going to live with the consequences of a work injury for the rest of your life, you shouldn’t be left with nothing.
Under the Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Act, you’re entitled to payment.
That includes Permanent Partial Disability (PPD) benefits, which provide financial assistance in these situations:
- Your job injury leaves you without the use of a body part.
- You will have serious scarring or disfigurement.
- Your injury requires amputation.
Workers’ compensation benefits can make a big difference for you, helping you maintain financial stability and adjust to life after your injury.
But your employer’s workers’ compensation insurance company might not make it clear to you what you should be getting.
A workers’ compensation lawyer can help you maximize your benefits. At Workers’ Compensation, LLC, our lawyers have put in over 130 years of combined effort helping more than 10,000 people.
In Metairie, New Orleans, Hammond, the Northshore, Baton Rouge, Houma, Lafayette, Alexandria, Shreveport, Monroe—anywhere in Louisiana—let us help you.
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How Do Workers’ Compensation Lost Wages Work?
Permanent Partial Disability benefits are a form of payment for wages you’ve lost when your injury has sidelined you.
They pay two-thirds of your average wages from before your injury up to a limit set by the state. Your checks come weekly.
In Louisiana, lost wages benefits are also called indemnity benefits. Benefits also take these forms:
- Temporary Total Disability (TTD): When you can’t work at all for a period of time, you’ll receive payments until you can return to work.
- Permanent Total Disability (PPD): When your injury leaves you completely unable to work for life, you can receive payments indefinitely.
- Supplemental Earnings Benefits (SEB): These payments help make up for a drop in income when you can return to work, but your injury leaves you earning less than before.
Supplemental Earnings Benefits (SEB) can last up to 10 years in Louisiana. Permanent Total Disability (PTD) can last longer than 10 years.
The length of Permanent Partial Disability (PPD) benefits depends on which body part you injured and the severity level of the injury.
You may be able to settle your workers’ claim and receive a lump sum rather than continuing to collect weekly checks.
The factors that go into deciding on a settlement are complicated. But an experienced workers’ compensation lawyer can help you navigate the process and determine what’s right for you.
You can start with Workers’ Compensation, LLC, by getting a free initial consultation on your case.
Other Types of Workers’ Comp Benefits
Lost wages pay is just one of several types of assistance you can receive after a workplace injury.
Your employer’s workers’ comp insurance company should be covering all of this, too:
- Costs for all medical treatment you need because of your injury
- Reimbursement for costs related to your medical care, such as travel
- Services to help you return to the workforce (but be careful it doesn’t send you back too soon)
- Death benefits if you lost a loved one to a workplace accident
Workers’ compensation benefits help you hold on to the lifestyle you earned before your injury on the job changed the course of your life.
Let us help you get benefits and move on to the next chapter.