Limit "Double Dipping" to Ice Cream
by Don Barthel, Esq.
by Don Barthel, Esq.
The Pain Game: 3+0=0?!?! by Don Barthel, Esq. ![]() The AMA Guides permit the evaluating physician to rate pain-related impairment. After doing a pain-related impairment rating, the physician may increase the body or organ impairment (such as for an arm or the back), by up to 3% WPI. What if the body/organ impairment rating is 0% (such as a back injury that is assigned a DRE Category I impairment)? Can the physician nonetheless increase the spine impairment (0%) by up to 3% WPI to account for pain? |