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What does 5% on a man as a whole mean and how is that calculated when getting your settlement
This is in Illinois

in oklahoma theres a chart thats tranfers the 5% into a # of weeks of disabilty that wc will pay you

different rating systems work differently.
generally the impairment for a body part is converted into how that body part affects the whole person.
an eye has more importance to a person then a toe; so an eye impairment is given greater weight in calculating a whole person impairment then a toe impairment. multiple impairments can then be more equitably converted into a single whole person impairment to determine disability amount
In Illinois whole person impairment is only one of many factors used in pricing a settlement.

I think you saying 5% from a Hernia injury. If it has healed, and surgery did correct it, then this rating doesn't mean a whole lot in Illinois anyway's. If it's money your lQQking for, maybe a few thousand dollars are a good fair assessment. For you need to show medical proof of an impairment to the body that will be ever lasting.

I was given an 11% rating for a herniated disk at L5-S1, after the surgery. Now I am the unique position of being back at TTD with what is called Tarlov's cyst which workers comp now accept as being injury related. I can't even imagine that there is anything in the new medical assessment guide that will cover that. Even with surgery there is only a 70% chance of success, and a very prolonged recovery. By then I will be old and grey. Or rather, older and greyer!!!