Most settlement calculators are built to approximate common benefit categories—things like wage-related compensation and medical costs—using generic assumptions about your injury and work history.
In practice, your outcome depends less on the math and more on factors like:
- Whether your employer reported the injury promptly and consistently
- Whether your medical treatment tracks the symptoms you reported
- Whether your restrictions match what a doctor documented (work limits, not just pain)
- Whether the insurer disputes causation or permanency
A better way to think of a calculator is as a starting point for questions—not an answer. If you use an estimate to decide whether to accept an offer or delay treatment, you can accidentally weaken your position.


