(1) Scheduled
disability with a date of injury prior to January 1, 2005, is rated on the
permanent loss of use or function of a body part caused by a compensable
injury. To calculate the scheduled impairment benefit, use the following steps:
(a) Determine the percent of scheduled
impairment using the impairment values found in OAR
436-035-0019 through
436-035-0260, and the applicable
procedures within these rules.
(b)
Multiply the result in (a) by the maximum degrees, under ORS
656.214, for the injured body
part.
(c) Multiply the result from
(b) by the statutory dollar rate under ORS
656.214 and illustrated in
Bulletin 111.
(d) The result from
(c) is the scheduled impairment benefit. If there are multiple extremities with
impairment then each is determined and awarded separately, including hearing
and vision loss.
Example: Scheduled impairment benefit
0.12 Scheduled impairment percent (12%)
x 192 Maximum degrees for the body part
= 23.04 Degrees of scheduled disability
x $559.00 Statutory dollar rate per degree
= $12,879.36 Scheduled impairment benefit
(2) Unscheduled disability with a
date of injury prior to January 1, 2005, is rated on the permanent loss of use
or function of a body part or system caused by a compensable injury, as
modified by the factors of age, education, and adaptability.
(a) To calculate the unscheduled impairment
benefit when the worker returns or is released to regular work according to OAR
436-035-0009(3),
use the following steps.
(A) Determine the
percent of unscheduled impairment using the impairment values found in OAR
436-035-0019 and OAR
436-035-0330 through
436-035-0450, and the applicable
procedures within these rules.
(B)
Multiply the result in (A) by the maximum degrees for unscheduled impairment.
(C) Multiply the result in (B) by
the statutory dollar rate under ORS
656.214 and illustrated in
Bulletin 111.
(D) The result in
(C) is the unscheduled impairment benefit.
Example: Unscheduled impairment benefit (worker
returns/is released to regular work)
0.12 Unscheduled impairment percent (12%)
x 320 Maximum degrees for unscheduled impairment
= 38.40 Degrees of unscheduled disability
x $184.00 Statutory dollar rate per degree
= $7,065.60 Unscheduled impairment benefit
(b) To calculate the unscheduled
disability benefit when the worker does not return or is not released to
regular work according to OAR
436-035-0009(3),
use the following steps.
(A) Determine the
percent of unscheduled impairment using the impairment values found in OAR
436-035-0019 and
436-035-0330 through
436-035-0450, and the applicable
procedures within these rules.
(B)
Determine the social-vocational factor, under OAR
436-035-0012, and add it to (A).
(C) Multiply the result from (B)
by the maximum degrees for unscheduled impairment.
(D) Multiply the result from (C) by the
statutory dollar rate for unscheduled impairment under ORS
656.214.
(E) The result from (D) is the unscheduled
impairment benefit.
Example: Unscheduled impairment benefit (worker
does not return/released to regular work)
0.12 Unscheduled impairment percentage (12%)
+ 6% Social-vocational factor
= 18% Unscheduled impairment
X 320 Maximum degrees for unscheduled impairment
= 57.6 Degrees of unscheduled disability
X $184.00 Statutory dollar rate per degree
= $10,598.40 Unscheduled impairment
benefit
Notes
Or. Admin. Code §
436-035-0008
WCD 5-1975, f. 2-6-75, ef.
2-25-75; WCD 8-1978(Admin), f. 6-30-78, ef. 7-10-78; WCD 4-1980(Admin), f.
3-20-80, ef. 4-1-80; WCD 5-1981(Admin), f. 12-30-81, ef. 1-1-82; Renumbered
from 436-065-0005, 5-1-85; WCD 13-1987, f. 12-18-87, ef. 1-1-88; WCD 2-1988, f.
6-3-88, cert. ef. 7-1-88; Renumbered from 436-030-0120; WCD 5-1988, f. 9-2-88,
cert. ef. 8-19-88; WCD 7-1988, f. 12-21-88, cert. ef. 1-1-89; WCD
18-1990(Temp), f. 9-14-90, cert. ef. 10-1-90; WCD 20-1990(Temp), f. & cert.
ef. 11-20-90; WCD 2-1991, f. 3-26-91, cert. ef. 4-1-91; WCD 6-1992, f. 2-14-92,
cert. ef. 3-13-92; WCD 3-1996, f. 1-29-96, cert. ef. 2-17-96; WCD 6-1998, f.
5-13-98, cert. ef. 7-1-98; WCD 6-1999, f. & cert. ef. 4-26-99; WCD 2-2003,
f. 1-15-03 cert. ef. 2-1-03; WCD 9-2004, f. 10-26-04, cert. ef. 1-1-05; WCD
8-2005, f. 12-6-05, cert. ef. 1-1-06; WCD 8-2012, f. 11-26-12, cert. ef.
1-1-13;
WCD
1-2015, f. 1-29-15, cert. ef.
3/1/2015
Stat. Auth.: ORS
656.726
Stats. Implemented.: ORS
656.005,
656.214,
656.268 &
656.726
