Claim Guide

Instructions

The Interactive Claim Guide to your right will help you navigate your way through the complexity of Califorina Workers' Compensaton Claims. Each claim administration task is set forth on a timeline that approximates the events that will typically occur as a claim progresses.

Use the navigation bar a the top or bottom to select the appropriate Interactive Guide.

Once you have found the correct Guide, you can view the various tasks and time limits in each box and the statutes and regulations that apply to each step by hovering your mouse over any box. In some instances you may click a box for futher information.

Attention: There are cases pending;
Elliot (California Court of Appeal, 1st Appellate District) and
Cervantes (En banc decision), DO NOT RELY UPON THIS CHART.

| Start | New Claim | Pay TD | Pay PD | SJDB | Step Up/Dn | QME | AME | SSSOP | UR | Earnings | Death |

| Start | New Claim | Pay TD | Pay PD | SJDB | Step Up/Dn | QME | AME | SSSOP | UR | Earnings | Death |