Corporeal Damage Assessment Unit
Find out about the corporeal damage assessment unit and the various diagnostic methods it uses. We discuss the different types of work disability and the roles of medical experts specializing in corporeal damage assessment. Request your consultation at one of our hospitals.
What is the Corporeal Damage Assessment Unit?
The Corporeal Damage Assessment Unit (CDA) specializes in evaluating injuries caused by accidents or chronic illnesses. The ultimate goal is to issue a report detailing the damage, sequelae, and disabilities resulting from these conditions.
Medical experts specializing in corporeal damage assessment provide their scientific opinions in courts that determine the granting of permanent work disabilities. They also offer civil and criminal assistance in traffic accident cases.
What does the Corporeal Damage Assessment Unit study?
The specialty in corporeal damage assessment studies how specific diseases or injuries affect each person's body and to what extent they prevent them from performing daily activities or work tasks.
There are two main medico-legal areas in which the medical professionals may focus:
- Criminal and Civil Area: Focuses on those who have suffered injuries due to a traffic accident. After a thorough analysis of the patient's condition, they issue the expert report required by insurance companies to assess the corresponding compensation. If there is a dispute, the medical expert also attends the court hearing.
- Labor Area: Evaluates the medical condition of individuals applying for a permanent disability, which can be of four types:
- Partial Permanent Disability: Causes a reduction in professional performance greater than 33% but does not prevent the individual from performing essential tasks.
- Total Permanent Disability: Prevents the worker from performing the essential tasks of their job, but may not limit them from pursuing a different profession.
- Absolute Permanent Disability: The patient cannot perform any tasks related to their job, and their disability prevents them from pursuing another profession.
- Severe Disability: Affects individuals who cannot carry out their work activities and need assistance for basic daily tasks.
Who is it aimed at?
The corporeal damage assessment unit evaluates individuals with physical sequelae that prevent them from performing their usual functions. These injuries may result from a traffic accident or a chronic or long-term illness.
Techniques, Procedures, and Diagnostic Methods
Medical experts specializing in corporeal damage assessment focus on evaluating an individual's physical and mental limitations. To carry out the necessary reports as comprehensively as possible, they use techniques such as:
- Photogrammetry: Involves three-dimensional motion analysis used to diagnose alterations in the locomotor system and detect postural abnormalities or imbalances between the spine and other skeletal structures.
- Biomechanical Studies: Analyzes how a person moves to determine their gait and the relationship between body structures without needing three-dimensional images.
- Psychometric Test: An assessment that evaluates an individual's mental capacity and cognitive skills.
- Surface Electromyography: Measures the speed of nerve connections and assesses the muscle's response time to stimuli.
Diseases and symptoms
Main Pathologies and Diseases
There are many diseases that can cause permanent disability depending on their severity and how they affect each individual. The most common include:
- Multiple sclerosis
- Crohn's disease
- Fibromyalgia
- Lupus
- Schizophrenia
- Alzheimer's disease
- Osteoarthritis
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- Aneurysm
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Agoraphobia
- Depression
Related Symptoms
Some of the most common symptoms of diseases that cause disability are:
About the Consultation in the Corporeal Damage Assessment Unit
We solve any doubts you may have before you see the specialist
People who need an expert report on their physical and mental condition visit the corporeal damage assessment consultation. During the first appointment, the doctor takes the patient's medical history and inquires about the details of the accident or illness that has caused the physical limitations.
What should you keep in mind?
Medical experts are specialists in creating reports, so they are very familiar with the data that must be included to ensure they are taken into account. Therefore, the questions and exams they perform are thorough. In no case should it be assumed that the doctor is questioning the truthfulness of the difficulties the patient reports. The meticulousness of their work aims to leave no room for doubt in case of a trial or medical tribunal review.
What should I bring to the consultation?
It is recommended to bring all prior medical reports, a list of difficulties in performing specific activities, and details of the causes that have led to the disability situation.
If you have any further questions, please contact us through the Patient Services telephone number: 900 301 013
