3rd DCA Publishes Decision on Rating by Analogy

The California 3rd District Court of Appeal on Wednesday ordered the publication of a December decision which found that a worker's condition does not need to be "complex" or "extraordinary" for a medical evaluator to rate it by analogy to another impairment, if this will yield the most accurate rating.The issue arose in a case called City of Sacramento v. WCAB (Cannon), No. C072944.Arthur Cannon, a Sacramento police officer, injured his left foot and heel while running during a physical fitness test in October 2008. Cannon's doctor diagnosed him with plantar fasciitis, a conditio...