If the insurance company is ignoring some of your injuries, it is important to explain to them and your doctor the problems you are having with all of your injuries. Oftentimes, the most serious or obvious injury, like a broken bone, gets the immediate attention and other injuries, which eventually may turn out to be even more serious, like what starts out as a back strain, are ignored.
It is important at every doctor’s visit, especially the first one, to tell the doctor about every part of your body that is hurt. If you have notified the doctor and the insurance company and you are still being ignored, you should consider consulting a workers’ compensation lawyer. If you sustained multiple injuries as a result of a work accident, a lawyer can pursue your claim at the North Carolina Industrial Commission and seek to require the insurance company to provide you treatment for all of your injuries.
It is also very important to document the injuries with the insurance company and the doctor so that the Industrial Commission will be able to clearly understand the problems that you have had since your accident.