Compensation for muscle injury

What is a muscle injury?

Compensation for muscle injuries? A muscle injury usually occurs in connection with a direct blow to a muscle in connection with an accidental event, such as a traffic accident or a occupational injury.

Muscles can also be injured in connection with fractures. A muscle can also be injured in connection with sports activities, usually as a strain injury.

What happens when a muscle is injured?

Muscle injuries often don't cause permanent problems, but some people still find that it can take a long time and that they need surgery to recover.

Some injuries lead to complications in the form of circulatory failure, skin necrosis and calcification. Muscle injuries can also lead to damage to other structures such as bones, blood vessels and nerves.

What are the symptoms of a muscle injury?

Symptoms are usually gradually increasing pain, tenderness when touching the injury area and localised swelling.

Where do muscle injuries happen?

Muscle injuries often occur in traffic accidents, occupational injuries, recreational injuries and other accidents with direct blows to the body's muscles.

Am I entitled to compensation for a muscle injury?

Answer. You may be entitled to compensation for muscle injury:

• If the injury occurred at work for your employer at the workplace and is the result of an accident, you are probably entitled to compensation for occupational injury.
• If the damage occurred in traffic, you are probably entitled to compensation for traffic damage under the responsible motor vehicle's liability insurance.
• If the injury occurred as a result of medical malpractice, you are probably entitled to compensation for patient injury from Norwegian Patient Injury Compensation.
• If the injury occurred due to violence, you may be entitled to compensation from the perpetrator, their liability insurance or from Office for Victim Compensation.
• If the injury occurred during leisure time, you may be entitled to compensation for recreational injury under accident insurances or travel accident insurance if you had such insurance.

Is there a disability table for muscle injuries?

Yes. Disability table is the starting point for the assessment of the injured party's medical degree of disability (VMI), and thus what you are entitled to in compensation for loss of earnings after a muscle injury, and to determine how much you may be entitled to receive under the accident insurances.

The medical disability percentage for a number of diagnoses is set out in the Disability Table, and this sets the framework for the assessment of your medical disability, which is determined by a medical expert.

The disability table is set out in a separate regulation called Regulations on workers' compensation for occupational injuries, but is also used for other injury incidents, such as after road accidents and leisure accidents, boating accidents and aircraft accidents.

For injuries not included in the table, the degree of disability is determined on the basis of a discretionary comparison with the injury consequences in the table.

The assessment must be based on the symptoms and loss of function with which it is most natural to compare the injury.

What types of compensation am I entitled to for muscle injuries?

As an injured person, you may be entitled to the following types of compensation:

• Trade compensation
• Incurred and future additional expenses
• Revenue loss incurred
• Future revenue loss
• Inflicted and future loss of ability to work at home (not for occupational injuries)
• Compensation for tax disadvantage
• Compensation for redress

If you have a claim related to accident insurance, the amount of compensation will depend on the degree of medical disability, the insurance terms and the amount for which insurance has been taken out.

How much can I receive in compensation after a muscle injury?

For occupational injuries, occupational disease, road accidents and other so-called liability cases, the amount of compensation depends on the severity of the muscle injury, the consequences it has had for your ability to work and the expenses you have incurred as a result of the injury. personal injury.

This needs to be further assessed by a lawyer, but the compensation can amount to several million kroner.

The amount of compensation under accident insurances depends on the degree of medical disability (VMI), the insurance terms and the amount for which insurance has been taken out.

Are muscle injuries recognised as occupational injuries by NAV?

Answer. If the muscle injury occurred at work for the employer at the workplace, and is the result of an accident, then you can apply NAV for recognition of the injury as an occupational injury. If you receive a decision from NAV that you have an «approved occupational injury», you will automatically 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 «recognised occupational injury».

As a general rule, you can also be reimbursed for dental expenses, medicines and special medical equipment. You may also be entitled to compensation from NAV.

• Read also: How to apply for occupational injury compensation from NAV
• Read more: How NAV assesses whether you have an occupational injury
• Read also: How an occupational injury compensation case works

Do I need a lawyer if I get a muscle injury?

The answer is yes. Muscle injuries often lead to complicated compensation cases, both legally and medically. It is therefore necessary to contact a lawyer to clarify the insurance companies' liability and the financial consequences of this liability.

Do I have to pay for my own lawyer if I get a muscle injury?

No, in compensation cases following, for example, occupational injuries and traffic accidents, your legal expenses will normally be covered by the responsible insurance company to a reasonable and necessary extent.

In accident insurance cases following muscular injuries during leisure time, you must pay for the lawyer yourself.

If the compensation case after a muscle injury proceeds to legal proceedings, many people will have a legal expenses insurance which in most cases covers part of the legal fees.

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