sch.3-sec.138Serious knee injury

sch.3-sec.138 Serious knee injury

Comment 11 to 24 The injury may involve— ongoing pain, discomfort, limitation of movement, instability or deformity; and a risk, in the long-term, of degenerative changes caused by damage to the joint surfaces, muscular wasting or ligamentous or meniscal injury. Example of the injury a leg fracture extending into the knee joint, causing pain that is constant, permanent and limits movement or impairs agility Comment about appropriate level of ISV An ISV at or near the middle of the range will be appropriate if there is a ligamentous injury, that required surgery and prolonged rehabilitation, causing whole person impairment of 15% and functional limitation.