AMA Guides 5th Edition - California Orthopaedic Association
AMA Guides 5th Edition - California Orthopaedic Association AMA Guides 5th Edition - California Orthopaedic Association
WCAB Conclusions• A permanent disability rating established bythe Schedule is rebuttable• Burden of rebutting a scheduled PD ratingrests with the party disputing it– Rebutting WPI under the AMA Guides
WCAB Conclusions• When determining an injured employee’sWPI, it is not permissible to go outside thefour corners of the AMA Guides• However, a physician may utilize anychapter, table, or method in the AMAGuides that most accurately reflects theinjured employee’s impairment
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- Page 5 and 6: WCAB Caveats• The WCAB emphasizes
- Page 7 and 8: When Almaraz-Guzman II?• Almaraz-
- Page 11 and 12: Addressing Almaraz-Guzman II• In
- Page 13 and 14: Objective Findings• Apply A-G II
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- Page 17 and 18: Applicant will argue for Work ADLs(
- Page 19 and 20: Functional Capacity Evaluation• F
- Page 21 and 22: The AMA Guides State:• “After a
- Page 23 and 24: Support for Rating by Analogy• On
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- Page 27 and 28: Nerve Entrapment Syndrome• For ca
- Page 29 and 30: Alternate Approaches• Another app
- Page 31 and 32: Neuropathic Pain• Chronic pain in
- Page 33 and 34: Rating by Analogy• The following
- Page 35 and 36: Station & Gait Disorders
- Page 37 and 38: The ADL Method
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- Page 41 and 42: DRE Method Problems• Can’t get
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- Page 45 and 46: Spine Percentages• The AMA Guides
- Page 47 and 48: Hip & Knee Disability• Tables 17-
- Page 50 and 51: Combining for the Lower Extremities
WCAB Conclusions• When determining an injured employee’sWPI, it is not permissible to go outside thefour corners of the <strong>AMA</strong> <strong>Guides</strong>• However, a physician may utilize anychapter, table, or method in the <strong>AMA</strong><strong>Guides</strong> that most accurately reflects theinjured employee’s impairment
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