Toledo Nerve Damage Lawyer
"Invisible" Injuries to the Nervous System
Ohio and Michigan Workers' Compensation Attorney
A workers' compensation claim does not always involve a visible injury. It may not even trace back to one specific incident. But if you suffered nerve damage from your job-related duties or live with chronic pain after a workplace accident, you are entitled to short-term or permanent disability benefits.
Yet proving that nerve damage prevents you from working, or proving that your pain is work-related, can be tricky. The law firm of Borgstahl & Zychowicz, Ltd. in Toledo has experience and a record of success with these cases.
Nerve Damage? Disabling Pain? Free Case Evaluation.
Call us today at 800-644-7911 for direct contact with an attorney who has practiced in workers' compensation for 25 years. We have handled claims, hearing and appeals for clients in Northwest Ohio and statewide, and in Southeast Michigan.
Work-Related Nerve Damage and Pain Syndromes
Gene Borgstahl has represented clients in the full gamut of work-related accidents and injuries that affect the nervous systems of the body:
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD, or Complex Regional Pain Syndrome)
- Radiculopathy (pinched nerves)
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Paralysis or loss of function
- Numbness or tingling in extremities
- Shooting pains (sciatica), chronic aches and pain from certain activities
We have obtained awards for loss of use, amputation and disfigurement, as well as permanent total disability. One client poked himself in the forearm with a knife; his hand swelled up and eventually became clawed, useless and permanently clamped against his chest. Another client was disabled for life by RSD after a fellow school bus driver backed over him.
Sometimes medical intervention (surgery, drugs, nerve blocks, etc.) and physical therapy can restore function or relieve the pain. Sometimes the damage is irreversible. Our lawyer works to ensure clients have access through workers' compensation to the neurological specialists who can accurately diagnose the problem and offer the best hope for recovery.
Workers are sometimes accused of faking or exaggerating pain, or employers refute that the injury is job-related. Mr. Borgstahl arranges for independent specialists and all necessary documentation, such as a nerve conduction test, to trace the cause of the pain, illustrate the life impact, and to demonstrate the connection to a work accident or work duties.
We Know Your Rights and Fight for Them
If you have nerve damage or lasting pain from a work injury, contact us today for a free consultation and experienced representation. We take no attorney's fees unless we secure your benefits.
