“Evaluation (rating) of permanent disability” is an appraisal of the injured employee’s present and probable future ability to engage in gainful activity as it is affected by the medical factor of permanent impairment and by pertinent nonmedical factors as provided in section 72-430, Idaho Code.
Idaho Code § 72-425
Permanent disability evaluation
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Lyons v. Industrial Special Indemnity Fund (1977)
Most recently applied in Marquez v. Pierce Painting, Inc. (August 2018)
I.C., § 72-425, as added by 1971, ch. 124, § 3, p. 422; am. 1974, ch. 132, § 2, p. 1329; am. 1982, ch. 231, § 4, p. 608.
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Current official text: Idaho Statutes (Idaho Legislature). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Idaho statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.