It is crucial that seamen from Biloxi and all over Mississippi give a complete disclosure of your medical history when signing aboard the vessel.
One reason is that your company will not hesitate to come after you following a workplace injury. They will dig through your medical records to find anything which could discredit you, even if it has absolutely nothing to do with the cause of your injury.
This is standard industry practice, not just a random event. We at V & B have received reports of insurers who send someone to every hospital in the area of an injured worker’s home with an authorization looking for medical records. Some time ago, one of our clients was hammered on some very old injuries, and even drug treatment he received, from over 10 years prior. So the employee’s insurance company was trying to set him up to look like a villain instead of a victim. They should have applauded him for getting his addiction under control.
An even more important reason to fully disclose your medical history is that it could save your life one day. Lack of knowledge of any medications you may be taking could get in the way of emergency responders trying to treat you. Because if God forbid your condition were to suddenly incapacitate you, medical providers will have a record of what you’re taking.
For information about disclosing your medical history please feel free to order one of the firm’s many free books and reports, which will be delivered to you immediately, free of charge.
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