Recognised occupational injury in NAV

What is an approved occupational injury in NAV?

When an accident at work occurs, you must apply NAV on the recognition of the damage as occupational injury. If NAV decides that you have an «approved occupational injury», you will receive benefits in the NAV system.

Among other things, you can avoid paying a co-payment for treatment by a doctor or physiotherapist by presenting the decision on «approved occupational injury». Approved occupational injuries in NAV can also result in more favourable calculation rules for sickness benefit, work assessment allowance and disability benefit.

As a general rule, you may also be entitled to reimbursement of expenses for a dentist, medicines and special medical equipment. You may also be entitled to compensation for loss of earnings from NAV.

What do I need to do to get an occupational injury recognised by NAV?

In the event of an accident at work, the employer is obliged to report the occupational injury to NAV as soon as possible, and no later than one year after the accident occurred. In the event of a serious personal injury and death, the employer must also report the injury to the Labour Inspection Authority.

You can find a claim form for NAV here.

The deadline for reporting an occupational injury to NAV is generally one year after the work accident occurred, but you can also have the occupational injury approved later after a specific assessment by NAV. In any case, the injury report should always be submitted as soon as possible.

Once NAV has received notification of an occupational injury and any additional information, NAV will make a decision to recognise the injury as an occupational injury if it finds grounds for this.

If the injury results in an injury-related permanent medical disability of at least 15 per cent, you will be entitled to disability compensation from NAV. The degree of disability is determined by a medical specialist. You must apply to NAV yourself for compensation.

What happens if the work accident is not reported to NAV?

If your employer does not report the work accident to NAV, you must report the injury to NAV yourself as soon as possible.

Do approved occupational injuries provide benefits if I am employed by the state or municipality?

Recognised occupational injuries in NAV provide benefits for state and municipal employees through The main collective agreements (HTA) in the state or municipality.

If you have suffered an occupational injury, you must also report the injury to your employer's occupational injury insurance company. In addition to the benefits you will have in NAV after an occupational injury, you may be entitled to the following types of compensation through the occupational injury insurance:

Is it important that the occupational injury is approved by NAV in order to receive payment under the occupational injury insurance?

The occupational injury insurance company is not bound by NAV's decision in the occupational injury case. However, it is often the case that the insurance company «hides behind» a negative decision by NAV, while recognition of the injury as an occupational injury by NAV makes it more difficult for the insurance company to argue that the injury is not an occupational injury.

What happens if my application to have my injury recognised as an occupational injury by NAV is rejected?

You can appeal the decision if NAV does not recognise the injury as an occupational injury. Be aware that there are short deadlines for appeals, and that exceeding the deadline will in most cases result in you losing your rights.

Do I need the assistance of a lawyer?

Answer. Occupational injuries are complicated compensation cases, both legally and medically. It is therefore necessary to contact lawyer to clarify the insurance companies' liability and the scope of this liability.

There are a number of deadlines in occupational injury cases involving personal injury. It is important to follow up on these deadlines correctly in order to be entitled to occupational injury compensation.

You risk missing out on large amounts of compensation if you make a mistake on your own in a work-related injury case.

Do I have to pay for my own lawyer after an occupational injury?

No. Your legal expenses will normally be covered by the responsible insurance company to a reasonable and necessary extent.

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