Effective Date: February 6, 1995
Date Issued: May 17, 1999
Date Approved by Board of Directors: May 14, 1999
Topic: Review of Permanent Impairment Benefit
Section: Short-Term and Long-Term Benefits
Subsection: Permanent Impairment Benefit (PIB)

Policy Statement

1. A Permanent Impairment Benefit may be reviewed and adjusted only after 16 months have passed since the last determination of the worker's permanent impairment rating.

2. A review of the PIB will only be undertaken if there was a change in the worker's compensable condition that was not taken into account during the last assessment of the worker's permanent medical impairment rating by the Board. The permanent medical impairment rating is based on the schedule established pursuant to Section 34 (see Policy 3.3.2R1).

3. If an adjustment is warranted, the effective date of the adjustment will be the date of the most recent determination of the worker's permanent impairment rating.

Application

This Policy applies to workers injured on or after March 23, 1990 who have been awarded a PIB.

References

Workers' Compensation Act (Chapter 10, Acts of 1994 - 95), Sections 34, 71, 228.
An Act to Amend Chapter 10 of the Acts of 1994-95, the Workers' Compensation Act, Clause 8.