In a case where a 2010 eye burn yields a 14% whole person impairment, what is the rating?

In a case where a 2010 eye burn yields a 14% whole person impairment, what is the rating?

• A. 14%
• B. 15%
• C. 19%
• D. 21%

Answer: (C)

In California impairment ratings, you don’t simply read off a single organ’s percentage as the whole person impairment. The eye impairment is converted to a single Whole Person Impairment (WPI) using the visual impairment conversion table in the impairment rating schedule. For the 2010 schedule, an eye impairment of 14% maps to a WPI of 19%. The conversion reflects how vision loss affects overall function, which isn’t a 1-to-1 translation. So the rating used for permanent disability calculations would be 19%. The other options don’t fit because they would correspond to different mappings on the eye-to-WPI conversion table.

In California impairment ratings, you don’t simply read off a single organ’s percentage as the whole person impairment. The eye impairment is converted to a single Whole Person Impairment (WPI) using the visual impairment conversion table in the impairment rating schedule. For the 2010 schedule, an eye impairment of 14% maps to a WPI of 19%. The conversion reflects how vision loss affects overall function, which isn’t a 1-to-1 translation. So the rating used for permanent disability calculations would be 19%. The other options don’t fit because they would correspond to different mappings on the eye-to-WPI conversion table.