Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 – Guide to the Assessment of the Degree of Permanent Impairment Edition 3.0
91The measure of impairment is the reduction in physiological function below that found in health.
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91 The measure of impairment is the reduction in physiological function below that found in health.
92 Respiratory impairment is quantified by the degree to which measurements of respiratory function are changed by the compensable injury or injuries, relative to values obtained in a healthy reference population of similar individuals.
93 Conditions such as chronic obstructive airways disease and chronic bronchitis are to be assessed according to the methods used to measure loss of respiratory function.
94 Employees who have permanent respiratory limitation secondary to massive pulmonary embolism should be assessed under Chapter 2 – The respiratory system. Any WPI rating awarded in these circumstances may not be combined with a WPI rating from Table 13.4: Thrombotic disorders (see Chapter 13 – The haematopoietic system).