IRE Is Valid as long as It Considers all of Worker's Accepted Injuries at Time of Exam

The Commonwealth Court ruled that an impairment rating evaluation that considers a claimant’s work injury, as it is defined and exists at the time the evaluation is performed, is valid notwithstanding an after-the-fact expansion of the scope of a claimant’s work-related injury. Case: Duffey v. WCAB (Trola-Dyne, Inc.), 06/26/2015, published. Facts: Michael C. Duffey suffered electrical burns to both hands while working for Trola-Dyne in 2009. He received 104 weeks of total disability benefits, at which point Trola-Dyne requested that he undergo an Impairment Rating Evaluation. Dr...