Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) presents unique challenges for legal teams and experts working on serious personal injury cases.
In a joint article for NR Times, Dr Edmund Bonikowski, Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine, and Huw Ponting, Head of Personal Injury at Enable Law, outline why FND can be so difficult to diagnose, prove, and manage in the litigation process.
They highlight how symptoms may emerge after trauma, why their fluctuating nature complicates diagnosis, and the risks of mislabelling or missed diagnoses. For legal teams, this uncertainty can make it harder to evidence causation and prognosis. For clinicians, it demands careful assessment and specialist input across multiple disciplines.
At NRC Medical Experts, we recognise that complex conditions like FND often require the combined insights of neurologists, neuropsychiatrists, neuropsychologists, and rehabilitation consultants. Our experts work together to provide the court with a full picture of a client’s presentation, recovery potential, and long-term rehabilitation needs.
This collaborative approach reduces the risk of fragmented evidence and ensures that all clinical avenues are considered. It is why multidisciplinary expertise is so valuable in high-value, medically complex claims.
The full article from Dr Bonikowski and Huw Ponting is a must-read for solicitors and clinicians handling these difficult cases.