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Q: workers compensation CTS
asked by: monty123 on October 4th, 2008
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I recently left a governemnt job after completing 7 years. The first 6 of these I was doing strenous maintenance on aircraft. For the last year I was at a dest job. While conducting maintenance during the first 6 years, I had always fels slightnumbness and weakness in my hands - but never seeked medical advice because I imagines it was just a symptom of being an mechanic.
I recently left the Governemnt job, and within 3 weeks of starting my new job, the pain became unbearable. I now haven worked for 1 month and am awaiting surgery.
My question is - Would the CTS been agrivated by this new job or caused?
My initial claim to the Governemt for compensation was rejected because I never gained medical advice about the problem during my service.
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leewiz
replied on October 7th, 2008
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Some people get TS b/c they have smaller carpal tunnels than other people do. Other causes include performing assembly line work...much like what you describe on the airplanes. Do you want to be able to pin the CTS on the desk job in order to get compensated?

FYI...great overview here: htt p://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/carpaltunn elsyndrome.html
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monty123
replied on October 7th, 2008
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thanks for your reply.
No, I believe the cause was working on aircraft, and then beacuse of my desk job, it lay dormant - with no symptoms untill I started back on the tools again.
Or would it be possible to get CTS from only a few weeks in this neww job?
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