Just got denied and I'm kicking myself for not getting help sooner
Quote from nickmadison on March 26, 2026, 10:02 amI knew in my gut this was going to happen but I kept telling myself I could handle it. I'm a custodian at one of the schools around Greenville and last fall I was mopping a hallway when a kid came running around the corner, slipped, and grabbed onto me to catch himself—threw me off balance and I went down hard on my wrist. Turned out to be a fracture that needed a cast and then a bunch of physical therapy. I filed the claim, sent in what I thought was all the paperwork, and figured it would be fine because it happened right there in the building during my shift. Then I got the denial letter yesterday saying something about not reporting it within the required timeframe and insufficient evidence linking it to my job duties. I definitely told my supervisor the same day it happened and I even have text messages with my wife from that afternoon talking about it, but apparently I never got the official form filled out right because nobody told me there was a specific way to report it. Now I'm sitting here with a stack of medical bills I've been putting off and a denial that makes me feel like I'm back at square one. My neighbor went through something similar a few years back and she said that getting a workers comp claim denied Greenville NY is actually pretty common and that it doesn't mean the case is over if you appeal, but that I absolutely should not try to appeal by myself after already messing up the initial filing. She's usually pretty level-headed so I trust her judgment but I'm still nervous about whether it's even worth fighting at this point. Has anyone here successfully appealed a denial after something like this, and how much of a nightmare was the process? I feel like I already blew my chance by not doing everything perfectly the first time.
I knew in my gut this was going to happen but I kept telling myself I could handle it. I'm a custodian at one of the schools around Greenville and last fall I was mopping a hallway when a kid came running around the corner, slipped, and grabbed onto me to catch himself—threw me off balance and I went down hard on my wrist. Turned out to be a fracture that needed a cast and then a bunch of physical therapy. I filed the claim, sent in what I thought was all the paperwork, and figured it would be fine because it happened right there in the building during my shift. Then I got the denial letter yesterday saying something about not reporting it within the required timeframe and insufficient evidence linking it to my job duties. I definitely told my supervisor the same day it happened and I even have text messages with my wife from that afternoon talking about it, but apparently I never got the official form filled out right because nobody told me there was a specific way to report it. Now I'm sitting here with a stack of medical bills I've been putting off and a denial that makes me feel like I'm back at square one. My neighbor went through something similar a few years back and she said that getting a workers comp claim denied Greenville NY is actually pretty common and that it doesn't mean the case is over if you appeal, but that I absolutely should not try to appeal by myself after already messing up the initial filing. She's usually pretty level-headed so I trust her judgment but I'm still nervous about whether it's even worth fighting at this point. Has anyone here successfully appealed a denial after something like this, and how much of a nightmare was the process? I feel like I already blew my chance by not doing everything perfectly the first time.
