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<\/p>\nOnce you or your attorney has filed your claim for benefits under the Defense Base Act for an injury you sustained during your employment with a DBA contractor, everything that you say or do can and will be used against you. The most important thing to remember when going through the litigation process is to be consistent in your reporting. This means whenever you give a statement on the record, report your injuries to your doctor, report your injuries to an independent medical examination doctor, or even during written discovery; everything needs to line up and stay true. The best way to stay consistent is to be completely honest during the whole process.<\/p>\n
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Self-Reporting of Your Injuries and Experiences to Medical Professionals\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n
Usually, before filing a claim for an injury under the Defense Base Act, you would have spoken to a doctor about your symptoms\/injuries and what could have caused it during your employment with your DBA contractor. This is where the consistency starts. From the very beginning, your self-reporting of your symptoms\/injuries will be recorded in your doctor\u2019s medical reports. These reports will be used to establish your injury and its link to your former employment. These records will be investigated by the defense attorney, and should your case go to trial, they will be presented to the Judge as well. Your words in these records will be compared to your words during other stages of litigation. Should you be subjected to an independent medical examination with a doctor of the defense\u2019s choosing, that doctor will also be cross referencing your self-reports in your medical records to what you are self-reporting on that day. Additionally, this doctor will likely subject you to malingering tests wherein you\u2019ll be tested to determine if you are feigning or overexaggerating your symptoms\/injuries. Therefore, it is imperative to remain honest and consistent during the entire process. Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Once you or your attorney has filed your claim for benefits under the Defense Base Act for an injury you sustained during your employment with a DBA contractor, everything that you say or do can and will be used against you. The most important thing to remember when going through the litigation process is to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense-base-act-claims","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n