An injured worker receives relief from most state and all federal taxes on indemnity earnings related directly to workers' compensation as provided under state statutes. But this does not apply to retirement disability payments, only to workers' compensation.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the central nervous system, meaning it affects the brain and spinal cord. In the most common type (known as relapsing remitting MS), symptoms come and go. These can run the gamut from mild tingling to more severe vision loss. However, MS is tricky. Because so many other conditions can also cause similar symptoms, a hypochondriac could easily think they have it when they don't. On the other side, it can take years or even decades for people with MS to be diagnosed.
1 Others experience numbness, loss of sensation, pain, visual disturbances and slowed reflexes. 2  These symptoms can be severe enough to make driving unsafe. 3  People who have relapsing/remitting MS may be unable to drive safely during relapses, while regaining full function as the exacerbation wanes. People with MS experience a wide variety of symptoms, many which have absolutely no effect on driving skills. 2  Most of us are able to drive safely. 3  Others experience numbness, loss of sensation, pain, visual disturbances and slowed reflexes.