The transcript
On screen — calendar reminder: “QME/IME EXAM — 9:00 AM”
One medical appointment will influence your claim more than months of treatment. Most workers walk in unprepared. You won't.
On screen — “This is not a treatment visit. It's a measurement.”
This doctor isn't treating you — they're answering legal questions: Is it work-related? How impaired are you? Their report becomes the closest thing to truth in your file.
On screen — “Prepare three things” — timeline · treatment list · honest bad days
Prepare three things. Your story in order, with dates. Every treatment you've had. And your real range — including the bad days you tend to downplay.
On screen — a seesaw balancing at “Honest”
Then follow one rule in both directions: total honesty. Exaggeration gets caught and sinks real claims. But politeness — “I'm fine, just sore” — becomes a permanent record too. Describe it exactly like it is.
On screen — “Mention every body part. Every time.”
And name every injured body part — the ones you skip don't exist in the report.
On screen — “Get the report. Read it. Errors can be challenged.”
Afterward, get the report and read it — factual errors can be challenged, but only on a clock.
End card
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