What is vocational rehabilitation, and when is it offered?

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Vocational rehabilitation in workers’ compensation is a set of services designed to help an injured worker return to suitable employment. It may involve evaluating the worker’s abilities, identifying transferable skills, planning retraining or on-the-job training, and assisting with job placement or accommodations. The goal is to restore the worker to work as soon as medically feasible and to minimize wage loss. It isn’t just medical treatment, and it isn’t limited only to permanent disabilities. It’s typically offered when there are barriers to returning to work and the medical restrictions allow it, often funded through the workers’ compensation system.