A medical narrative in a workers’ comp file follows a predictable structure. Once you can name the parts, the history, the findings, the causal-relationship opinion, and the disability statement, the report reads as a sequence of distinct statements rather than a single verdict.
A Notice of Decision from the New York Workers’ Compensation Board is a structured document, and each block on the page is there for a reason. Here is what the header, the findings, and the directions are actually telling you.
eCase is the Workers’ Compensation Board’s electronic case file, and it can hold dozens of documents in one list. Here is how the file is organized, what the common document codes mean, and how to find the version of a record you actually need.
Making sense of the New York work injury claim process.