Medical & Injury Terms

Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE)

A comprehensive test measuring an injured person's physical abilities and work capacity.

In Personal Injury Cases

FCEs are used to determine work restrictions and lost earning capacity. They're conducted by physical therapists or occupational therapists.

Reference context

This term belongs to the Medical & Injury Terms category and is part of our machine-readable California injury-law glossary.

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Structured access

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Plain-English use

How to use this definition during case research

Start with the definition, then ask whether the term changes liability, damages, insurance coverage, evidence preservation, or the deadline for taking action.

If the term affects a live accident or injury claim, write down the fact that triggered the question, the record that supports it, and the person or company that may dispute it.

A useful glossary page should point you toward the next page to read, not leave you with a standalone legal phrase.

Glossary discovery fingerprint

How this definition connects to a real claim file

Short legal definitions index better when they connect the term to proof, related concepts, practical resources, and the next question an injured person is likely to ask.

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Medical & Injury Terms claim fingerprint

For Medical & Injury Terms, the useful question is whether the maintenance ticket, call-log timestamp, and radiology order can be tied to work-restriction, disability, vocational-rehabilitation before the insurer treats the functional capacity evaluation (fce) file as routine.

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Evidence sequence

What must stay specific on this resource page

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Decision summary

The decision point matters more than the keyword

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FCEs are used to determine work restrictions and lost earning capacity. They're conducted by physical therapists or occupational therapists. timing

A reader in Medical & Injury Terms should know whether FCEs are used to determine work restrictions and lost earning capacity. They're conducted by physical therapists or occupational therapists. records line up with Settlement calculator, especially if the first insurer note minimizes the provider chain.

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Work Restriction comparison

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Settlement calculator follow-through

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disability to Spinal Cord Injury

The strongest resource pages explain how disability, Spinal Cord Injury, and the notice trail fit together before asking a visitor to request a case review.