Hearings resolve compensability, benefit rates, disability extent, and medical necessity. Procedures are less formal than civil trials, with relaxed evidence rules and no jury.
Appeal proceeds through an administrative board before judicial review.
Alternative Names:
Comp Hearing|Administrative Hearing (Comp)
Why it Matters?
Relaxed evidence rules mean medical reports are frequently admitted without live testimony, which shifts the contest to the quality of the written record rather than to examination skill. Depositions of medical providers substitute for live testimony in many jurisdictions. Preserving issues for administrative appeal requires raising them before the judge, since the reviewing board generally will not consider matters not presented below.
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How are issues preserved for appeal?
