California Permanent Disability Ratings

PD RATING SERVICES

Basic Rating 1: Disability Formulas based on the Evaluating Physician’s Reported Impairment
calculations with adjustments under either the 2005PDRS or 97PDRS.
Mathematical Corrections Only. No Tables, Charts or Compliance Comments.

If Medical Report does not comply with AMA criteria or 2005 PDRS, we will provide a Comprehensive
Rating Analysis.

Basic Rating 2: Request this rating service when a rating of impairment as reported in the medical
report is needed, but no analysis is required.

Comprehensive Rating Analysis: Verifies impairment ratings comply with AMA Guides criteria & 2005
PDRS. Corrects misapplications of the AMA Guides Rating Criteria and corrects miscalculations of
Whole Person Impairment. Converts AMA Scales to WPI. Adjusts WPI by PDRS modifiers: FEC,
Occupation & Age. Combines multiple disabilities when applicable. Addresses causation /
apportionment (1st MD / Report). Rating Example

Multifaceted Report Analysis or DEU / Private Rating Review: Addresses deficiencies and
inconsistencies of the medical report, the State or Private Rating according to established published
procedures - The Schedule for Rating Permanent Disabilities, The California Code of Regulations
and the 5th Edition of The AMA Guides.

Includes formulas for all ratable factors and specifies additional information required to make the
medical report ratable. (05PDRS & Prior Schedules)

Medical File / Multiple P&S Evaluations Rating: Formulas after consideration of duplication /
pyramiding / overlap among all factors Of disability within the multiple evaluations
(3 or more Medical Reports).

AMA Impairment Analysis for Texas, Nevada & Utah: Reported findings are checked with the
appropriate Guides’ Edition rating criteria to determine that proper calculation of impairment has been
made. Includes corrections of WPI miscalculations & addresses misapplications of Guides Rating
Criteria. Also includes annotated corrections and easy-to-follow formulation tables that indicate proper
medical findings for the given WPI present at MMI. AMA Impairment Analysis (Other States)