Specialists in medical and vocational forensic damages assessment

With a team of highly qualified experts, we are a recognized and respected firm of vocational consultants and life care planners.

Who We Are

Vocational Rehabilitation and Life Care Planning Experts

More Than 38 Years of Experience

With more than three decades of experience, our team at Vocational Diagnostics, Inc. has garnered a reputation as the leader in forensic damages assessment. We are retained to serve as life care planning and vocational experts and consultants in a variety of plaintiff and defense cases including but not limited to personal injury, medical negligence/malpractice, pediatric, birth injury, toxic torts, environmental injury, product liability, labor and employment, and family law/domestic relations.

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Our Services

Specialists in Forensic Damages Assessment

For more than 38 years, Vocational Diagnostics, Inc. (VDI) has provided unbiased, quality, and comprehensive earning capacity evaluations (vocational assessments), Life Care Plans, and expert witness testimony. VDI has maintained an impeccable reputation handling complex cases through the United States, Canada, and abroad working with both plaintiff and defense attorneys.

Life Care Planning

We provide an assessment of future care needs (Life Care Plan) based upon published standards of practice, comprehensive assessment and data analysis.

Reasonableness of Cost of Care Analysis

We review medical billing records to determine if the charges were usual, customary, and reasonable (UCR).

Earning Capacity Evaluation

We evaluate lost wages and loss of earning capacity to determine forensic damages.

Expert Witness Testimony

We provide expert witness testimony to support and defend opinions for your case.

Pediatric Case Evaluation

We address a variety of pediatric issues including development of a Life Care Plan and conducting an Earning Capacity Evaluation.

Catastrophic Case Evaluation

We work closely with medical providers, therapists, and other parties.

Medical Record Review

Our nurse consultants can review, analyze and summarize records providing a comprehensive report.

Analysis of Household Services

VDI can provide an analysis of loss of household services as part of a claim for economic damages.

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Our Cases

A Team of Highly Qualified Vocational Rehabilitation and Life Care Planning Experts

We understand the importance of each case and use our team to provide an unbiased and factual evaluation supported by expert witness testimony. Our ability to provide you the services you need has gained us respect in both state and federal courtrooms across the country.

Providing Service for Both Plaintiffs & Defendants

We bring an unparalleled level of expertise to each case. We are retained by both plaintiff and defense attorneys.

Plaintiff Cases Defense Cases

Our Practice Area

Specialists in medical and vocational forensic damages assessment

We have offices in Boulder, Colorado and Phoenix, Arizona, serving the Rocky Mountain States (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming) as well as Oregon and California. In addition, we have offices in Madison, Wisconsin and near Springfield, Missouri serving the mid-west states (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin).

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Given our multiple locations, we are involved in cases nationwide. We have consultants located in Arizona, Colorado, Wisconsin, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, and Alabama.

Because of our nationwide reach, we are also involved in cases venued all over the country to include Washington state, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, Virginia, and Washington DC, just to name a few.

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