Vocational Rehabilitation has been abolished under the workers' compensation law. No longer can a Court order that an injured worker be retrained. Vocational rehabilitation will occur only when the employer voluntarily offers it. Any sudden injury resulting from your employment or arising out of the course of your employment is covered by workers compensation. Cuts, strains, sprains, broken bones and burns are good examples.
Injuries sometimes occur very gradually over a long period of time.
A person may injure his back gradually to the point where he is unable to continue working, even though there is no specific incident he can point to as to when he injured his back. It is important not to overlook any such problem where soreness in a joint or soreness in the back or neck gradually becomes a problem. Heart Attacks and Strokes. Benefits are available for these injuries only if there is medical proof in court that additional stress caused the heart attack or stroke from doing extraordinary work on a certain day or that an external force was present to cause it. These injuries require technical medical proof in court and are frequently appealed to receive any benefits.