NEW YORK WORKERS’ COMP – JOB-RELATED ILLNESS
When the job itself wears you down.
Repetitive strain, occupational hearing loss, and work-caused illness – and how to prove the job is the cause.
Repetitive
carpal tunnel, tendonitis, cumulative trauma
Hearing loss
from sustained workplace noise
Disease
conditions caused by job exposure over time
Disablement
the date a gradual claim’s clock starts
How occupational claims work
Repetitive stress injuries
Conditions that build over time – carpal tunnel, tendonitis, cumulative trauma – can be covered when the work caused them, even without a single accident.
Occupational hearing loss
Long-term exposure to workplace noise can support a hearing-loss claim, which has its own filing rules and timing in New York.
Work-related illness
Diseases tied to job exposure can qualify as occupational disease claims, separate from a one-time accident.
Proving causation
Gradual claims turn on medical evidence linking your condition to the job, and on the date of disablement that starts the clock.
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Is your condition from the job?
Tell us about your work and your symptoms and we will help you see how a gradual-injury claim works.