An aggravated injury to an impaired part of the body.
If you previously suffered a back injury, ankle sprain, broken bone, or other injury before employment, workers’ compensation will not cover treatment for that injury. However, if the injury was made worse as a result your current employment, you may be able to collect benefits to treat the aggravation.
A re-injury.
If you injured a part of your body and collected benefits for that injury through your current employer and then re-injure the same part of your body, the second injury is still covered by workers’ compensation. You should be covered for the full amount of your new medical costs, but your previous awards may be used when calculating the financial amount you receive.
Illnesses and diseases.
Some employees are more at risk of certain illnesses from environmental hazards such as employees with severe allergies. Employees may have a claim for employees’ compensation if workplace hazards caused a flare-up of symptoms or made the extent of the condition worse.
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