If you have surgery due to your work-related accident the value of your case may increase if the surgery is not 100% successful. In other words, if the surgery does not return you to the physical condition that you were before your work injury. If the surgery is completely successful, the value of your workers compensation case does not increase because the surgery returns you to your preinjury state or very close to your preinjury state. Therefore, you should be able to return to work at little to no loss of earning power.