Articles by Damon Duncan

Form 25C is a document prescribed under North Carolina Workers’ Compensation laws.  Form 25C is signed by the injured employee and gives medical providers authorization to release the employee’s medical records relating to the injury sustained in a workers’ compensation accident to a rehabilitation professional. The employer or insurance company may hire a rehabilitation professional … Read more

Form 25N is a form used by the North Carolina Industrial Commission regarding the assignment of a Rehabilitation Professional.  This is usually a registered nurse or a licensed professional counselor who must be qualified under the North Carolina Industrial Commission Rehabilitation Rules.  Once the Rehabilitation Professional has been assigned pursuant to Rule IV of the … Read more

According to the North Carolina General Statutes, occupational diseases covered by workers’ compensation are diseases caused by conditions that are characteristic with a particular trade or occupation, but excluding ordinary diseases of life to which the general public is equally exposed outside of the employment.  For example, if a worker, whose job was a paint … Read more

A Form 25C in Workers’ Compensation is an Authorization for Rehabilitation Professional to Obtain Medical Records of Current Treatment.  When you have been injured on a job and you have started your Workers’ Compensation case, you will be assigned to a physician picked by the insurance company representing the company in which you work(ed) for.  … Read more

North Carolina Industrial Commission Form 23 is the Application to Reinstate Payment of Disability Compensation. The NCIC requires this form to be used when payment from the employer to the employee in a workers’ compensation case has stopped, and the employee wants to reestablish a payment schedule with their employer. The form has two sections; … Read more

A Form 28 in a workers’ compensation case is a Return to Work Form.  This form is usually completed by your employer or their workers’ compensation insurance company and states that under the Workers’ Compensation Act, an employee can return to work.  What it means is that you as the employee have reached your maximum level of … Read more

A Form 26, according to the North Carolina Industrial Commission, is a Supplemental Agreement as to Payment of Compensation (G.S. §97-82).  After you have been receiving your compensation for workers’ compensation, you and your employer can still reach an agreement in regards to supplemental compensation under the article.  Typically a Form 26 is filed only … Read more