How Much is a Disc Bulge or Disc Herniation Worth in a Personal Injury Case?
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
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The topic of this video is what is a disc bulge or disc herniation worth in my personal injury case. So you may have received an MRI report or have been briefed by your doctor about an injury that you sustained to your spine. And normally the most common types of what we call soft tissue injuries are or disc bulges or disc herniations. And again, they're often only found through an MRI report. That's really one of the only diagnostic tests that is sensitive enough to find those bulges and herniations. So what I brought today was a sample of a spine to assist in explaining what exactly a herniation and a bulge is. And so what you see here is this spine spinal cord. You have the vertebrae and they are separated by discs and running along the back of course as the spinal cord and then the spinal nerves.
Now these discs are, are basically the compression, uh, the shock absorbers for your spine. And what happens is in an injury they get compressed violently and you the soft gelatinous material between, which is basically cartilage will rupture out through the hard cartilage on the outside. And if it ruptures, which you see here is an example. The red is an example of a herniation. And basically what the, what the doctors explain it to me, it's almost like a jelly doughnut. It'd be squished. The Jelly Donut, the Jelly squirts out. So what happens is this gel then presses on the spinal nerve and causes pain. Now this is, as I said, this is a herniation, a bulge. I don't have an example here at bolts. Just means that the disc has is bulging. It hasn't actually ruptured out through a, so bulges are less severe. Now, insurance companies do not value bulges anywhere.
The way they value herniations. Uh, in fact, if you go to a mediation or have any type of interaction with the defense lawyer, they always take the position that, oh, this bulge could not have been caused in a car accident or some type of personal injury accident, which is nonsense. But it's just a defense that they always throw out there. So they just don't place a whole lot of value on bulges. They do place value on herniations, however, because again, there's a higher percentage of chance that that herniation is going to cause significant pain and they realize that and they, and they respect that. So in any event, uh, in terms of what the value of these cases are, again, I'm talking about the Tampa Bay area over my career. Uh, not only conservative care. So if you get an MRI report and it shows bulges or a bulge or bulges or herniations or herniations, again, they don't give you x number of dollars.
Her, it's usually just simply okay, does one exist or not? Um, and again, I'm talking about conservative treatment only. So chiropractic or physical therapy, once you start getting into injections or surgical procedures, uh, that's a whole new ball game. So just basic conservative care. And what I found is that insurance companies for a bulge will pay somewhere in the range of 7,500 to $15,000. And that, again, bulge or bulges, four herniations herniation or herniae shuns, you're usually in the range of 15,000 to 30,000 for that type of injury. So hopefully this video explains the value of bulges herniations and what exactly they are.
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I have multiple bulging disc and five herniations between my back and my neck I ended up having a surgery on my back microdesictmy and the insurance company are giving me the runaround it’s been 13 months since my accident
Those are serious injuries. It is common in a high value case for the insurance company to delay paying in order to make sure there aren't any defenses (like a pre-existing condition). They usually ask for 10 years of medical records and send you running around to comply. You can always file a lawsuit, but they will get the same records eventually anyway. Best of luck to you. I hope you get a fair settlement.
Sean Mcquaid actually my lawyer filled a lawsuit back in October of 2019 n we still waiting
@@MoeMoe-nu7vt that isn't that long ago, so they are likely still conducting discovery. They will pull all of the medical records, send you Interrogatories (written questions), and then depose you. I know it is frustrating to have to wait, but hopefully they will realize that they have to pay.
Sean Mcquaid is there anything I can do to-expedite this or it is my lawyer job
@@MoeMoe-nu7vt not much you can do. Plus, the court system is getting shut down left and right. Let your lawyer handle it. you can always ask if he or she needs help with anything, but once a case goes into litigation, it really gets slowed down. Sorry and hang in there.
I have a bulge from a semi truck accident measuring 3.5 mm and I was in pain and received 2 epidural injections. Any thoughts on my case value?
Can personal injury settlement be garnished?
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My wife was rear ended by a man on duty, in a company truck. A year prior to this she herniated her disk requiring surgery and physical therapy, she has before(injured) and after(repaired) x rays from her surgeon. When she was rear ended recently, it herniated the same disk, it will require surgery(she went through the pt, injections, and epidural, still has nerve pain) what kind of claim can she possible see with something like this? She was offered 15k, we declined and are lawyering up. We have small kids that she can’t pick up, she is a teacher and coach, it has severely affected her occupation because of the pain. She is gaining weight(can’t exercise), and has severe anxiety over it. Thanks you.
4x medical bills plus lost wages
Ask for $125k don't settle less than $110k
(what is my case worth?) Answer: more than what insurance company is offering and less than what you want.
I could do without the music in the background it's irritating and hard to hear the person talking.
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I don’t want a Disco Ball
No way they offer that much for bulges or herniations with only chiro care and MRIs. Hello no--not 4 yrs ago and not now. Not unless you take it to the eve of trial and have significant impact/damage to your car; and by that time your fees and costs will discount a 30K offer in half.