Can I Get Workers’ Comp Benefits for a Pre-Existing Condition?

So, generally the workers comp carrier is going to deny your claim at the beginning, which is why you want to hire an attorney because this one’s going to require a fight for sure. So, what we have to prove is that even though you had a pre-existing condition, it was exacerbated by work. Even if the pre-existing condition had nothing to do with work, it wasn’t workrelated. You had a back injury which was prior to your job, but you had a baseline when you started working. And then as a result of working, that baseline got worse. And we can show that your pre-existing back injury got worse as a result of something that happened at work. So, we can get you paid for that change from where you were to what your new baseline is.