Can I use “pain”, “rehab”, “pending testing” and other phrases to describe how the injury prevented the injured employee from returning to work on the DWC Form-73?
“Pain”, “Rehab” and other similar phrases does not describe how the injury prevented the injured employee from returning to work. 28 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) ยง129.5 (c)(4) requires an explanation of why the injury is preventing the injured employee from returning to work. Perhaps, a better description might be (pain medication makes him drowsy and unable to drive/work, injured employee is having surgery the next day, etc).
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