A unanimous Pennsylvania Supreme Court this week ruled that a workers' compensation judge can reject an impairment rating evaluator's "underdeveloped, out-of-specialty opinion regarding the degree of impairment associated with traumatic brain injury," even in the absence of any contrary medical opinions as to the claimant's level of disability.
Impairment rating evaluations are an important part of the Pennsylvania comp scheme because they provide the means for an employer to bring about an end to its liability to an injured worker.
Without a credible IRE opinion, the I...
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