OCF-19: Application for Determination of Catastrophic Impairment

Individuals who have successfully demonstrated that they have a catastrophic impairment can receive enhanced benefits, such as extended-medical, rehabilitation, attendant-care benefits, housekeeping and caregiver benefits, and other benefits. McNally Gervan can help determine which benefits you qualify for based on your injuries and build a case on your behalf. By hiring a personal injury lawyer to oversee your catastrophic impairment claim, you can also forego the stressful procedure of interacting with the insurance company, its legal team, and its medical experts. Meanwhile, you can focus on recovering, and our personal injury lawyers can help you do exactly that.

The OCF-19 outlines what your insurance company needs in order to determine whether you are catastrophically impaired. Furthermore, your family physician will need to confirm when they treated you, how long you were in their care and which injury they believe you sustained. Your family physician will also need to record whether you now suffer from one or more of the following physical and mental impairments:

• an amputation;
• an inability to use a limb; 
• a traumatic brain injury;
• loss of ambulatory mobility; 
• paraplegia;
• tetraplegia; or
• vision loss.

These forms may seem complicated. However, to avoid a scenario where you receive a diminished or delayed pension, a personal injury lawyer will help you complete these forms correctly. That way, you will receive the compensation you rightfully deserve.