Personal Injury Workers’ Compensation Defense Base Act/Longshore	Personal injury If you have been hurt in an accident, there is a lot to keep track of. Whether it is getting the medical care you need, making sure your insurance coverage is working properly, or just deciding whether it is worth pursuing a claim, don’t go it alone. You know the insurance company isn’t. Worker's compensation Workers’ Comp is complicated. We help you understand your rights and responsibilities for your claim to maximize your benefits, whether you need medical care, weekly wage replacement checks, job retraining, or all of these. A worker’s compensation claim can be a long, tedious process. We walk you through it as efficiently and successfully as possible. Defense Base Act/Longshore If you are injured on the job as a civilian contractor on a U.S. Military base abroad (or under a few other unusual circumstances), you may be covered by the Defense Base Act, an extension of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. You may be directly covered by the Longshore act if you are a maritime worker. Like state workers’ compensation claims, these federal compensation claims can get complicated in a hurry. And sometimes you are covered under both state and federal benefit programs. If that’s the case, it is doubly important to coordinate those benefits so that one does not cancel out the other. If you find yourself suddenly thrown into the world of the OWCP, you may want advice about your options. That’s what we are here for. Note: Because DBA and Longshore claims are federal in nature, Grauel law offices does selectively represent injured workers outside the New England states on these claims. If you think you may have a DBA or Longshore claim, or just are unsure whether you do, feel free to call no matter where you were hurt or where you live.
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