COLUMBUS (Legal Newsline)-- A case involving the applicability of two
types of disability awards allotted to injured workers was decided on Dec. 8 by the Ohio Supreme Court, but has been scheduled for reconsideration with oral arguments in the coming months.
Not exact matches
For this purpose, your «
disability date» is the date Nelnet received the documentation
of your SSA notice
of award for SSDI or SSI benefits, or the date the physician certified your discharge application, depending on the
type of documentation you provided to show that you are totally and permanently disabled.
a. damages for pain and suffering and loss
of enjoyment
of life (the extent
of the
award will depend upon a variety
of factors including the
type of injury suffered the age
of the injured party how the injury has affected the injured party's life and how badly the injury is expected to affect the injured party in the future); b. wage loss (if you are temporarily disabled and miss work after an accident then you can expect to collect the «dollar for dollar» equivalent
of your provable loss); c. future wage loss or loss
of ability to earn future income (if you are somehow permanently disabled, even if it is a partial permanent
disability [ie.
Some
types of income can not be considered by the court in determining appropriate spousal support, including military
disability pay
awarded under 38 United States Code chapter 11.
Depending on the
type of disability, a qualifying employee may be entitled to benefits based on a scheduled
award or a loss
of earning capacity.
He has been exposed to nearly every conceivable
type of medical cases, ranging from complex retinopathy
of prematurity to high value cerebral palsy and brain damage cases (such as the recent Fieldfisher case in which a # 9m
award was secured for Rebecca Ling, whose heroism in the face
of her profound
disabilities was recognised when she carried the Olympic flame — please see coverage here).
Manages all
types of orders processing,
Awards, Evaluations, Promotions, DEERS / Rapids, Military Pay Functions, Sponsorship Program, Integrated
Disability Evaluation System (IDES), In / Out processing functions and Records Management.