What is Whole Person Impairment and how is it relevant to my workers’ comp. claim?
For almost all work related injuries that occur on or after 1/1/2005,and even for some injuries occurring prior to 1/1/2005, the system of measuring permanent disability has changed. Instead of determining whether an injured worker has permanent disability, the physicians must determine what is now known as “Permanent Impairment.” The residual disability of an industrial injury is now expressed in a new measurement called Whole Person Impairment (WPI), utilizing the American Medical Association Guides. Adjustment is made for your loss of future earning capacity (FEC), based upon the same or similar injuries, which is then expressed in a mathematical formula, depending upon the region or part of body injured. This rating is then adjusted for your age at the date of the injury and for your occupation. Again, the same injury can receive different impairment ratings, depending upon who the doctor is who is assigning the rating (your doctor or the company doctor).
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