You may have your benefits reinstated anytime during the 500 weeks following the date that your benefits were suspended. In other words, you may petition to reinstate within 500 weeks from the last date of a workers’ compensation payment. If at the end of the 500 week period you are receiving partial disability benefits, then your entitlement to partial disability benefits stops and you have three years after the last compensation payment to file to reinstate wage loss benefits. Medical expenses relating to the injury are for life. For more info, see How Long Do My Workers’ Compensation Benefits Last.
If you have been receiving partial benefits and the partial benefits have not exceeded the 500 weeks maximum allowable partial payments under the Pa. Workers’ Compensation Act, then you may file a petition to reinstate your benefits to total disability benefits. This assumes that your disability has increased and you can no longer do the job OR the job you were performing while receiving partial benefits is no longer available to you through no fault of your own. If you were laid off, you’re your Right To Reinstatement of Workers’ Compensation Benefits Upon Layoff.
If you need help with a workers’ compensation matter in Harrisburg or York, Pennsylvania, contact Calhoon and Kaminsky P.C., for help.
