Types of Workers’ Compensation Benefits Offered in Pennsylvania

In Pennsylvania, benefits are available for medical treatments and medications, lost wages, and more. Specific benefit types include the following:

• Death benefits – Widows, widowers, and children of workers who died as a result of an injury on the job or a work-related illness may be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. After the death of a loved one, we provide compassionate care to ensure you receive what you are entitled to.
• Disfigurement and specific loss benefits – If your injuries cause you permanent disfigurement, or necessitate the amputation of a limb or body part (or led to the loss of a limb or body part), there is a specific amount of money you may be entitled to receive.
• Lump Sum Settlements – When you prefer to receive your financial settlement in a lump sum, we can help you in the negotiation process.
• Medical benefits – You are entitled to the full range of medical benefits, including evaluation, treatment, medications, any therapy or rehabilitation that you require, and more.
• Vocational rehabilitation – You are entitled to an appropriate amount of retraining and rehabilitation after a workplace injury.
• Wage loss benefits – You are entitled to recover past and future lost wages after a workplace injury. The amount and duration of wage loss benefits depend on the type and severity of the injury.
• Temporary total disability (TTD) – benefits are awarded when you cannot perform your job at all, but with the expectation that you will eventually return to work.
• Permanent total disability (PTD) – benefits are paid to workers who are so severely affected by their condition that there is no expectation that they will ever be able to earn a living wage. Finally, permanent partial disability (PPD) is awarded for injuries that are permanent in nature but do not completely limit a person’s ability to work in some capacity.

Sometime, the type of injury or illness you sustain may fall neatly into one category, but that is not always the case. When you are not sure which type of wage loss benefits you are entitled to receive, or if there is a change in your condition that might alter the type of benefit you originally applied for, you will want a dedicated workers’ compensation attorney by your side to help you.

For the last 40 years, Larry Pitt & Associates has helped injured workers get the kind of help they need, when they need it. We walk you through the process step-by-step so that your application is thorough, complete and filed on time. We will represent you in administrative hearings if your claim requires one.