Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 – Guide to the Assessment of the Degree of Permanent Impairment Edition 3.0
172Percentages for the better eye are read from the bottom of the table.
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172 Percentages for the better eye are read from the bottom of the table.
173 The impairment of the visual system is at the intersection of the column for the worse eye and the row for the better eye.
174 For example, for a 40% impairment of one eye and 10% impairment of the other eye, read down the table until you come to the large value (40%). Follow across the row until it is intersected with the column designated by 10% at the bottom of the page (18%). Thus, the impairment to the visual system is 18%.
Figure 6-F: Calculation of visual system impairment for both eyes
Figure 6-F: Calculation of visual system impairment for both eyes (continued)
Figure 6-F: Calculation of visual system impairment for both eyes (continued)
CHAPTER 7 – EAR, NOSE AND THROAT DISORDERS
7.0 Introduction
175 In conducting an assessment, the assessor must have regard to the Principles of Assessment and the definitions contained in the Glossary.
176 Table 12.5.5: The auditory nerve (VIII) (see Chapter 12 – The neurological system) should be used to assess both Menière’s disease, and true vertigo consequent upon a disturbance of vestibular function.
177 Unless they cause interference with balance, speech, respiration or hearing, the following conditions attract a WPI rating of 0%: