Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 – Guide to the Assessment of the Degree of Permanent Impairment Edition 3.0
282Two-point discrimination of less than 7mm is not treated as an impairment.
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282 Two-point discrimination of less than 7mm is not treated as an impairment.
283 Transverse sensory loss involves both digital nerves (ulnar and radial). Longitudinal sensory loss involves a single digital nerve (ulnar or radial).
284 Assess the percentage of digit length involved using the method in the AMA5 and consult Table 9.8.2a: Sensory losses in the thumb, Table 9.8.2b: Sensory losses in the index and middle fingers, Table 9.8.2c: Sensory losses in the little finger and Table 9.8.2d: Sensory losses in the ring finger, using the corresponding WPI rating for the nerve or nerves involved.
285 WPI ratings for transverse sensory loss may not be combined with WPI ratings for longitudinal sensory loss in the same digit. The conditions of transverse sensory loss and longitudinal sensory loss in an individual digit are mutually exclusive.