Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 – Guide to the Assessment of the Degree of Permanent Impairment Edition 3.0
279The following tables assess sensory losses in the thumb and fingers due to digital nerve lesions only:
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279 The following tables assess sensory losses in the thumb and fingers due to digital nerve lesions only:
a) Table 9.8.2a: Sensory losses in the thumb;
b) Table 9.8.2b: Sensory losses in the index and middle fingers;
c) Table 9.8.2c: Sensory losses in the little finger; and
d) Table 9.8.2d: Sensory losses in the ring finger.
280 Sensory losses due to peripheral nerve lesions are assessed under tables dealing with neurological impairments affecting the upper extremities:
a) Table 9.13.1: Cervical nerve root impairment;
b) Table 9.13.2a: Specific nerve lesions affecting the upper extremities – sensory impairment; and
c) Table 9.13.2b: Specific nerve lesions affecting the upper extremities motor impairment.