The cause of Crohn's disease is not known. It is likely that there is a genetic component. About 20% of people with Crohn's disease have a blood relative with a form of IBD. People of Jewish heritage have a greater risk of developing Crohn's.
WC Benefits. An employee or their dependents can receive workers' compensation benefits for an injury or death arising out of and in the course of employment. The employer or their insurance carrier pays for necessary and reasonable medical treatment, loss of wages during the period of rehabilitation and when documented, benefits for permanent disability.
A. Death benefits will be paid by SC law as follows: a benefit payment equal to 500 weeks based on your compensation rate. This payment is subject to limits set by law, less any weekly benefits already paid; and burial expenses up to $2,500. All workers' compensation death benefits are exempt from the claims of creditors and all estate taxes.