Body Part: Nervous System

Criteria: Table 13-6 Criteria for Rating Impairment Due to Sleep and Arousal Disorders (329). Rating is based on history and interference with activities of daily living. Sleep problems associated with pain or orthopedic injury are not rated in Section 13.3c. Maximum impairment for Class 4 is 50% WPI.

Criteria: Table 13-18 Migraine Headache (342), Table 3-1 Pain-Related Impairment and Whole Person Impairment Based on Pain Disability Questionnaire. Score “MIDAS Questionnaire”. Table 13-18 is used to rate migraine headaches up to maximum of 5% WPI. Section 13.11 states “Note that nonmigrainous headaches are not ratable using the AMA Guides,” however Chapter 3 Pain provides […]

Criteria: Table 13-4 Consciousness and Awareness (327), Table 13-5 Episodic Loss of Consciousness or Awareness (328), Table 13-6 Sleep and Arousal Disorders (329), Table 13-Alteration in MSCHIEF (331), or Table 13-9 Aphasia or Dysphasis (332). Follow the principles in Section 13.1. “The first step is assessing CNS impairment in 4 categories”: state of consciousness and […]