I'm never going to be able to do my old job again after the injury. What can I do about that?

It depends. If you meet the requirements, you can apply for lifetime income benefits or supplemental income benefits. LIBS will pay you for the rest of your life. SIBS will pay you up to 401 weeks from your injury date while you try to get back into the workforce, and will pay you partial benefits during that time if you can only get a job making less than 80% of what you made before you got hurt. Often I will guide my clients to retraining programs that can prepare them for better paying light duty work.

If you are not eligible for SIBS or LIBS, then you may be eligible for unemployment compensation, Social Security benefits (SSI or SSDI), or a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilies Act (ADA) to get your old job back, but with special help to do it.