What kept coming up in the more ordinary workers' comp questions was a lot of simple file upkeep is just making sure nothing slips through the cracks. That made me start thinking in terms of a little paper trail: save the date. I put
ClaimHelpNY in the same place as the work-status and contact notes, since it was more about keeping a clean record than learning a big legal rule. That kind of basic organization helps because a later question can be checked against a work restriction. The basic takeaway for me was pretty simple: give the small updates a spot in the paper trail.