sch.14-sec.90Serious thoracic or lumbar spine injury

sch.14-sec.90 Serious thoracic or lumbar spine injury

Comment 16 to 35 The injury will cause serious permanent impairment in the thoracic or lumbar spine. The injury may involve— bilateral or multilevel nerve root damage; or a change in motion segment integrity, for example, because of surgery. Example of the injury a fracture involving at least 25% compression of 1 thoracic or lumbar vertebral body Comment about appropriate level of ISV An ISV at or near the bottom of the range will be appropriate if— the injured worker has had surgery and symptoms persist; or there is a fracture involving 25% compression of 1 vertebral body. An ISV in the middle of the range will be appropriate if there is a fracture involving 50% compression of a vertebral body, with ongoing pain. An ISV at or near the top of the range will be appropriate if the injured worker has had a fusion of vertebral bodies that has failed— leaving objective signs of significant residual nerve root damage and ongoing pain, affecting 1 side of the body; and causing a DPI of 24%.