AI tools work by pattern-matching. They may ask for your diagnosis, injury date, body part, and time missed from work, then output a rough range.
In real Minnesota claim practice, the settlement value tends to hinge on details an online tool typically cannot confirm:
- Whether your treating provider documented work restrictions clearly (and whether those restrictions match what you actually needed at work)
- Whether the wage-loss timeline is supported by pay records—not just your memory of missed shifts
- Whether the insurer accepts the medical timeline or argues the condition is unrelated, temporary, or not tied to work
- Whether maximum medical improvement (MMI) is reached and how impairment is described in the record
The result: two people can both get “similar” AI ranges online, yet end up with very different outcomes in Minnesota because the evidence and medical narrative differ.


