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Medical impairment: Anatomical loss
The
AMA Guides provide impairment ratings for
certain
medical
conditions based on the anatomical loss. For
example,
Table 16-16 at page 542 of the AMA
Guides
indicates
that amputation of the leg above the knee at the
mid-thigh
is rated at 90 percent of the loss of the leg
unless
there are proximal problems that increase the
rating.
Table 16-1 at page 495 indicates that a 90 percent
impairment
rating of the lower extremity is equivalent to
a
36 percent impairment rating for the whole person.
