If you are receiving medical treatment from a company chosen doctor, very often the doctor will not immediately perform medical testing to fully diagnose the nature and extent of your injuries. Today basic medical testing should include MRIs as well as possibly nerve conduction studies. An MRI may be performed on your neck, shoulder, back, knees, ankles and other parts of your body. The MRI test shows soft tissue and ligament damages which are not seen on a plain film X ray. If the company chosen doctor is refusing to perform basic medical testing including MRIs, you should seek medical treatment elsewhere including from a local physician you know and trust. Unfortunately many companies have little desire to pay for medical testing which could prove the seriousness of your injury. Very often when the company doctor delays or refuses to perform basic medical testing it is the first sign that the company is defending your case. Under the Jones Act and maritime law, you are allowed to choose your own treating physician. It is so important that you insist on receiving medical treatment from a doctor you trust so that all the necessary tests may be performed to diagnose any medical problem you may have suffered.

The Company Doctor Is Refusing To Perform Medical Testing. What Should I Do?

 

A: If you are receiving medical treatment from a company chosen doctor, very often the doctor will not immediately perform medical testing to fully diagnose the nature and extent of your injuries. Today basic medical testing should include MRIs as well as possibly nerve conduction studies. An MRI may be performed on your neck, shoulder, back, knees, ankles and other parts of your body. The MRI test shows soft tissue and ligament damages which are not seen on a plain film X ray. If the company chosen doctor is refusing to perform basic medical testing including MRIs, you should seek medical treatment elsewhere including from a local physician you know and trust. Unfortunately many companies have little desire to pay for medical testing which could prove the seriousness of your injury. Very often when the company doctor delays or refuses to perform basic medical testing it is the first sign that the company is defending your case.

Under the Jones Act and maritime law, you are allowed to choose your own treating physician.  It is so important that you insist on receiving medical treatment from a doctor you trust so that all the necessary tests may be performed to diagnose any medical problem you may have suffered.


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