PARTIAL PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT RATING

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[Bad Boy Bad Boy]

Nice web Link, wish it had more information also;

Lets see, me as the (Example) to web link;

Cervical Spine; Category V (35-38%)

Significant impairment of the upper extremity requiring adaptive functional devices.
Single level total neurologic loss.
Multilevel neurological dysfunction.

Lumbar Spine; Category IV (20-23%)

Bilateral or multilevel radiculopathy.
Alteration in motion segment integrity determined from flexion extension radiographs as 4.5mm or greater of translation of one vertebrae on another or angular motion of adjacent segment greater than: 15 degrees for L1, L2, and L3, 20 degrees at L4-L5, and 25 degrees at L5-S1 (radiculopathy need not be present).

Would = 61 %

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