MN Work Comp Permanent Partial Disability (PPD) Benefits
Permanent partial disability (PPD) is a Minnesota workers’ compensation benefit that is payable for the permanent functional loss of use of a body part due to a work-related injury. Once you have reached Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI), if you have a permanent injury, your doctor may assign you a permanent partial disability rating. Your doctor will refer to […]
I Am a Firefighter with Cancer. Am I Covered Under Workers’ Compensation?
The Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Act provides financial relief to employees who are injured during the course and scope of their employment. But not all work injuries are what we define in workers’ compensation law as “specific injuries”. These are obvious injuries that occur on the job, such as a piano dropping on your foot. A worker who suffers from an […]
