A claimant may not recover impairment income benefits unless evidence of impairment based on an objective clinical or laboratory finding exists. If the finding of impairment is made by a doctor chosen by the claimant and the finding is contested, a designated doctor or a doctor selected by the insurance carrier must be able to confirm the objective clinical or laboratory finding on which the finding of impairment is based.
Tex. Lab. Code § 408.122
ELIGIBILITY FOR IMPAIRMENT INCOME BENEFITS
Known as the Texas Workers' Compensation Act
The act spans §§ 401–419 (623 sections).
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Pickens v. Pickens (2001)
Most recently applied in American Zurich Insurance Co. v. Samudio (June 2012)
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff
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