Q: How does a whole body impairment rating work in a md workers compensation case vs a body part impairment rating?
20% whole body impairment rating wondering how it gets computed for ppd benefit.
A:
20% whole person is 100 weeks of payment at the second tier. The payment amount depends on the year you were injured, your average weekly wage, and some other potential factors.
It is important to discuss this with your attorney because there are a number of legal factors to consider other than just the percentage such as industrial loss. If it were that easy than lawyers would not be needed.
whole person is 500 weeks potentially. there are different weeks for different body parts.
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