Record Review

Injury files are long. Emergency department notes, imaging, neurology and therapy records, prior psychological testing, school transcripts and employment files can run to thousands of pages. Record review means reading them with a neuropsychological question in mind and identifying the findings that matter in complex documentation.

What Record Review Can Answer

• What does the acute medical record show about the injury itself?
• What do pre-injury records show about baseline functioning?
• Did symptoms appear when the plaintiff says they did?
• What other conditions, treatments or stressors appear in the history?
• Does the treatment so far match the reported problems?
• Is a full neuropsychological evaluation warranted?

Records Commonly Reviewed

• Emergency and hospital records
• Neurology and imaging reports
• Treatment and therapy notes
• Prior psychological or neuropsychological testing
• School records and transcripts
• Employment and performance records

With or Without an Evaluation

Record review is part of every personal injury evaluation, because it supplies the baseline and the medical context for the test results. It can also stand on its own, for example when counsel needs to decide whether to pursue an evaluation, develop case strategy, or understand a complex history before deposition.