CA DEU: Use 'Best Judgment' re 4660(d) Issues

California disability evaluation unit raters have been directed by the Administrative Director's office to apply the 2005 permanent rating schedule to cases having examinations done in 2004 but a report date of 2005. In a memorandum from Disability Evaluation Unit Manager Blair McGowan to "DWC DEU Rater," McGowan advises, "Ms. Hoch has made a determination that if a medical exam occurs in 2004 which determines that the employee is P&S and indicates the existence of PD but the report is not issued until 2005, the 2005 PDRS will apply."In a Monday teleconference hosted by the California Coaliti...