Nowadays, cockroaches of the sea has come to represent a variety of creatures from the ocean. Cockroaches and lobsters belong to the same phylum: Arthropoda. Arthropods are invertebrates with exoskeletons, segmented bodies and jointed appendages.
An independent medical examination (IME) is a medical evaluation that is used to resolve questions about your medical condition, including what treatment is necessary and the degree of your permanent impairment, if any.
Sometimes doctors disagree about your degree of disability. Often, the workersâ compensation carrier will request that you be evaluated by an Independent Medical Examiner (IME). That is a doctor hired by the workersâ compensation carrier to assess your degree of disability and the causal relationship of your accident.