OT Functional Evaluations for Personal Injury Cases

Occupational Therapy Functional Evaluations for PI

You build your case on objective evidence: wages, bills, diagnosis, causation opinions, and future costs. The exception is daily-life impact, where attorneys have relied on self-report, collateral narratives, and treating notes not designed for litigation. When the record doesn’t capture day-to-day reality, damages can suffer: key functional facts are missed and real impact is easier to dismiss as “subjective.” The Data of Daily Life™ protocol adds structured, corroborated functional findings mapped to damages.

The Data of Daily Life

Function measured beyond "can they or can't they": how often, how long, how well, how consistently, with what help, and at what symptom cost.

Built for Real-World

Real-life complexity captured in the home: where clinic tests and quiet-room questionnaires can miss fatigue, stress, and time pressure.

Mapped to Damages

Clear pre-injury functional benchmark + findings that support economic and non-economic damages and future support needs.

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The Data of Daily Life™ Protocol

Delivered by independent, state-licensed occupational therapists.

The Data of Daily Life™ protocol is conducted by occupational therapists to document functional capacity and limitations across home, community, and work-like demands, using structured methods designed for defensibility.

Each OT Functional Evaluation includes:

File review

Structured interview (home, community, work)

Validated measures as indicated

Real-world task performance

Clear reporting tied to damages categories

Peer review for consistency

Expert testimony available

Augments Existing Evidence

The Data of Daily Life™ protocol adds the functional evidence layer that connects clinical findings to real-world limitations and a damages narrative.

Client & family statements

Clarifies pre-injury function and captures real-world change so subjective reports become stronger functional evidence.

Neuropsych results

Adds ecologically valid functional evidence when test performance does not match day-to-day limitations.

Life care plan assumptions

Adds functional inputs and OT-scoped support needs that can strengthen assumptions and improve narrative consistency.

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Ideal Case Types for The Data of Daily Life™ Protocol

mTBI and post-concussion, or chronic pain with functional overlay: “I can cook, but then I’m done for the day”; “One appointment wipes out my morning”

Return-to-work or disability disputes where consistency is central: Not “can she ever teach?” but “can she do it 6 hours/day, with 20+ kids, without breaking down?”

Files where imaging or testing does not match lived function: Medically modest, functionally catastrophic cases that feel light because daily life hasn’t been captured in the record

Occupational Therapy Functional Evaluations for PI

The Data of Daily Life™ Protocol

Ideal Case Types for The Data of Daily Life™ Protocol

Strengthen the record. Support the valuation your client’s reality warrants.