--- mike larcom <myquadzillalt500rk@...>
wrote:
>you yourself would of known
> by the way he walked. you will never walk normal if
> you injuried ur knee and didn't have it fixed...
> even after it is fixed there will be signs of it
> being injuried...

Thanks for your reply. Hubby is a steel worker and
does heavy lifting all day, up to a total of 4000lbs a
day with no mechanical lifts/aides. There is no way he
could have done his job if his ACL was wrecked
previously.

We are struggling to prove this and his surgeon
doesn't want to get in the middle of a WCB claim.


> Pam C <prairiedawnc@...> wrote:Hi all. Hubby
> just had reconstruction of his ACL, MCL and repair
> of
> his meniscus. He hurt himself at work. WCB cut him
> off claim saying
> that his injury could have been pre-existing. They
> want clinical
> evidence that his injury was new and didn't happen
> before. Do I
> understand correctly that if his injury was old, the
> surgeon would
> have seen degeneration of his meniscus and/or the
> ligaments? The
> surgeon's report -- which WCB has seen -- says that
> the ACL appeared
> normal but was completely detatched. Is this not
> clinical evidence of
> an acute injury? Your ideas would be helpful.
> Thanks.
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