Okay, I’m going to apply myself to this question.
If your son’s ailment is taken on as Workman’s Comp, the company basically takes him on to raise until the issue is 100% resolved. They are responsible for treatment, and any disability cannot result in the loss of his job. Whether he is able to work or not, they will be responsible for him and his medical bills because the injury occurred while in their employ, and during the hours of employment.
Your son’s employer will basically do anything they can to weasel out of such responsibility. Or, rather, his employer’s insurance will do anything they can. So if a doctor treats your son for an ailment he claims is WC, then it’s likely the insurance company would go after the doctor, claiming mistreatment, misdiagnosis, etc. etc. If they can create a doubt, the the doctor’s insurance is on the hook. It should go without saying, of course, that both your son’s employer’s insurance and the doctor’s insurance are now invested in proving that the injury did not happen at work, i.e. that your son is a liar.
Basically it’s a volleyball game between the insurance companies to keep the ball in the air long enough for your son to be killed or cured. In cases of serious injury, these cases can drag on for years and years, possibly with the patient having no insurance, because no one will accept responsibility for payment.
Jaded? Yes.
Cynical? Yes.
Real life? I believe so.