Medical records and your whiplash claim

If, following a car accident, you find it necessary to make a whiplash claim, your medical records will be of interest to both your personal injury solicitor and the defendant's legal team.

For your personal injury solicitor, your medical records will help establish the validity of your compensation claim, while the defendant's solicitor/insurer will hope that there are details contained within your medical records that might discredit your whiplash claim.

Which medical records are relevant to a whiplash claim?

Treating doctor's medical notes These will help determine the extent of your whiplash injuries, as well as any injuries caused by the car accident.

Your regular GP's notes These will help establish your pre-accident health. If you have a history of back or neck pain, this may disadvantage your whiplash claim. Conversely, no history of back, neck or spinal complaints should strengthen your case for car accident compensation.

Hospital notes These are useful to both legal teams contesting the whiplash claim. They might include a post car accident x-ray and/or a doctor's prognosis. Any details of past hospital visits for other health complaints could also be relevant.

Department for Work and Pensions Records It is surprising just how many whiplash claims are affected by details retrieved from the DWP. For example, these records might include information relating to previous work-related back injury, such a divulgement has the potential to adversely affect any neck injury claim.

Employer's medical records Some larger organisations keep extensive records of employee health. The defendant's legal team will be eager to discover any information of previous neck-related conditions. Such a disclosure does have the potential to reduce their liability for the whiplash compensation claim.

Information relating to any previous personal injury claim If the claimant has made any previous whiplash claim, the defendants will compare any symptoms discussed with those central to the current whiplash claim.

Psychological health records The defendant's legal team will look for any evidence that the whiplash claimant has a history of feigning injury or illness. If this is the case, it may disadvantage the whiplash compensation claim.

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