A Coverage Vignette: From Spinal Injury to Permanent Impairment with the AMA Guides, Fifth Edition

Follow the Hon. Robert G. Rassp, Presiding Judge, of the California WCAB, as he walks through a real case and shows how an employee’s lumbar spine injury results in a ratable permanent disability using the AMA Guides, Fifth Edition.

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