My situation is I hurt my back/hip at work, file a claim with my company(which I am a contract worker working inside another company), spoke with WC official, visited their MD and got his evaluation but was dissatisfied with his evaluation/recommendations. Also this MD was a Family Doctor and not a Orthopedic or Orthospine MD, so I was leary of his expertise, so I got a second opinion immediately from an Orthopedic surgeon and his evaluation was was more definitive/conclusive since he did a MRI and Xrays vs. just Xrays as the first Md did and diagnosis were completely different and more serious vs. what the initial MD suggested.(muscle strain/?tear in the hip with MD#1 vs. spinal involvement with disc bulging/pressing on nerve with MD#2). So my question to you, was I in my legal rights to get a second opinion and how do I present this to my WC official/rep.

