Department of Labor Impairment Evaluations

If you have suffered permanent illness or injury as a result of exposure while you were working at a covered Department of Energy (DOE) facility or Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Section 5 facility, you may be eligible for financial compensation under the Energy Employee Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA).

At WorkPartners Occupational Health in Grand Junction, Colorado, we have doctors who are qualified to perform impairment evaluations to determine if you have an impairment that meets the criteria for inclusion in the EEOICPA.

The EEOICPA created a provision under Part E to compensate sick nuclear workers and uranium miners for impairment to their health. This provision is known as impairment ratings.

Our DOL Qualified Physicians

Two of our physicians on staff, Dr. Steve Brown and Dr. Laurie Marbas, are both Department of Labor (DOL) Qualified Physicians, which means they can evaluate these employees to issue an impairment rating.

Both Dr. Marbas and Dr. Brown are military veterans who understand the sacrifice many of their patients made by serving their country as an employee in a DOE facility. Dr. Marbas served in the U.S. Air Force and Dr. Brown served in the U.S. Army.

Both Dr. Brown and Dr. Marbas can conduct telephone interviews for DOL impairment evaluations for patients who are located throughout the country, without the need for them to travel to Grand Junction.

Dr. Brown can also complete in-office impairment evaluations at our clinic in Grand Junction, Colorado, if desired.

Both Dr. Brown and Dr. Marbas are licensed, board certified, and certified by the American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians (AADEP) and  International Academy of Independent Medical Evaluators (IAIME)  for the American Medical Association’s (AMA’s) Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 5th Edition.

Please note that Dr. Brown and Dr. Marbas are listed under “WorkPartners” on the DEEOIC national list of certified physicians for the DOL impairment program. This means that a patient may select our WorkPartners physicians from any DOL District Office throughout the country.

What to Expect

For your DOL impairment evaluation, we know the process can be long and confusing to patients. We value each DOL patient and strive to make their impairment ratings less complicated. Patient choice is very important to us. We work hard to ensure the impairment rating process is clear and simple.

We have two staff members assigned as dedicated program coordinators. It is their job to facilitate all administrative matters in support of you, the patient, and our physicians during the DOL impairment ratings process. They are available to the patient by phone, email, fax, or in-person from start to finish.

WorkPartners has completed over 700 successful DOL impairment ratings, enabling the creation of a streamlined process and allowing for faster reporting times. Average time from receipt of letter to completion of the physician impairment report is currently less than 60 days, and, in some cases, much less.

WorkPartners Occupational Health is a private medical practice that is totally independent from all home health care companies; however, we will gladly work with any that may be serving you.

DOL Impairment Evaluation Frequently Asked Questions