Orlando Neurological Injury Attorneys

Neurological injuries typically involve brain trauma or trauma to specific nerves within the body. Neurosurgeons and neurologists are the medical specialties that typically treat these types of injuries. The nervous system is rated by the Florida Impairment Guides and can actually involve multiple impairments. Typical areas of involvement that result in permanent impairments for workers’ compensation injuries of the nervous system are as follows: language disturbances, disturbances of consciousness, emotional disturbances, episodic neurological disorders, sleep and arousal disorders, station and negate/mobility, use of the upper extremities, respiration, urinary bladder function, bowel function, and sexual function. The Florida Impairment Guide rates these various injuries from 1% up to as much as 99% impairment.