A 40-year-old forester with an elbow injury resulting in loss of motion and 50% upper extremity impairment would produce what whole-person rating?

A 40-year-old forester with an elbow injury resulting in loss of motion and 50% upper extremity impairment would produce what whole-person rating?

• A. 25%
• B. 28%
• C. 31%
• D. 40%

Answer: (C)

In this system, the whole-person impairment is not the same as the limb impairment—you convert the impairment of the body part to a whole-person percentage using the AMA Guides. An elbow injury with loss of motion is evaluated as 50% impairment of the upper extremity. When you translate that UE impairment to whole-person impairment using the upper-extremity conversion table, 50% UE impairment corresponds to about 31% whole-person impairment. So the best answer is 31%. The other numbers don’t align with the standard UE-to-WPI conversion.

In this system, the whole-person impairment is not the same as the limb impairment—you convert the impairment of the body part to a whole-person percentage using the AMA Guides. An elbow injury with loss of motion is evaluated as 50% impairment of the upper extremity. When you translate that UE impairment to whole-person impairment using the upper-extremity conversion table, 50% UE impairment corresponds to about 31% whole-person impairment. So the best answer is 31%. The other numbers don’t align with the standard UE-to-WPI conversion.