Ch 5 Calculation using the Approved Guide
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5.1 The Approved Guide and Principles of Assessment
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5.1.1 'Approved Guide' - S4(1)
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5.1.2 Explanatory statement - Approved Guide
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5.2 Calculating Impairment and Section 24 Entitlement
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5.2.1 Compensation for Permanent Impairment
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5.2.2 Excepted Impairments - S24(8)
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5.2.3 Guide to the Assessment of the Degree of Permanent Impairment
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5.2.4 Choice of tables in Division 1 of the DRCA PI Guide
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5.2.5 If None of the Tables in the Guide Apply - AMA Guides
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5.3 Tables 1-13 of the Approved Guide
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5.3.3 Respiratory Conditions - Table 2.1
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5.3.4 Skin Disorders - Chapter 4
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5.3.5 Psychiatric Conditions - Table 5
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5.3.7 Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders - Table 7
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5.3.8 Digestive System Disorder - Table 8
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5.3.8.2 Table 8.1 and Dietary Modification
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5.3.8.1 IBS Case Examples
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5.3.9 Musculo-Skeletal Disorders - Table 9
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5.3.11 Male reproductive system – Table 11.1
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5.3.12 Neurological Disorders - Table 12
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5.3.13 Miscellaneous - Table 13
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5.4 Combined Values Chart
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5.4.1 Combined Whole Person Impairment (CWPI)
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5.4.2 Using the Combined Values Chart to calculate CWPI
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5.5 AMA Guides
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5.5.1 American Medical Association's (AMA) Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment
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5.5.2 Application of the AMA Guides
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5.6.3 Hearing Loss - Terminology
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5.7 Calculation of Entitlement for Non-Economic Loss
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5.7.1 Compensation for Non-Economic Loss
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5.7.2 Investigation of NEL
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5.7.3 Previous NEL scores for a different injury
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5.7.4 Reassessment of NEL scores given for an injury
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5.7.5 Current NEL Scores for Reassessments with Multiple Impairments
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5.7.6 Examples of NEL assessments
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5.7.7 Scoring NEL in pre-1/12/1988 cases affected by new s27(3)
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5.8 NEL 'Part B' Amount Tables B1 - B5 and Questionnaire
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5.8.1 NEL Table B1 - Pain and Suffering
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5.8.2 NEL Table B2 - Loss of Amenities
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5.8.3 NEL Table B3 - Other Loss
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5.8.4 NEL Table B4 - Loss of Expectation of Life
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5.8.5 NEL Table B5 - Combined Value Calculation
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5.8.6 NEL Questionnaire
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