Minnesota Permanent Partial Disability Benefits| MN Workers Compensation Attorneys

Permanent partial disability or “permanency” is a payment for the loss of use of, or the loss of body function. These benefits are paid according to the compensation schedule established by the Workers’ Compensation Division. The amount and duration of the benefit are controlled by the permanent partial disability rating which is typically given by your treating physician.
Once you have been given a rating you need to look at the compensation schedule as it relates to your date of injury. Impairment rating for injuries after 10/1/00 are as follows:

0-5% $ 75,000
6-10% 80,000
11-15% 85,000
16-20% 90,000
21-25% 95,000
26-30% 100,000
31-35% 110,000
36-40% 120,000
41-45% 130,000
46-50% 140,000
51-55% 165,000
56-60% 190,000
61-65% 215,000
66-70% 240,000
71-75% 265,000
76-80% 315,000
81-85% 365,000
86-90% 415,000
91-95% 465,000
96-100% 515,000

Now, it is really easy for someone to think if they have a 16% PPD rating they would be entitled to $90,000. That is not the case. If for example you have a 16% PPD rating, you need to multiply the dollar amount of $90,000 by the impairment rating, 16%. ($90,000 x .16 = $14,400). Consequently, the amount would be $14,400. The same would apply with other ratings.

PPD may be payable in one lump sum or in weekly increments. In cases where there is no specific schedule for that injury, the courts have allowed what is called a “Weber” rating. Under Weber, a doctor may provide an alternative permanent disability rating.

Permanent Partial Disability is available to employees to compensate for functional loss attributable to a work injury. It is not a form of wage loss benefit but it is not paid contemporaneously with temporary total disability. Rather, it is paid upon findings of MMI or, when an employee has returned to work when a minimum ascertainable rating can be determined.

For injuries prior to July 1, 1993, the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry has published disability schedules at Minn. Rule 5223.0010.

For injuries on or after July 1, 1993, the following schedules apply:

• 5223.0310 – General Definitions
• 5223.0470 – Wrist
• 5223.0315 – Preexisting Impairments
• 5223.0480 – Hand and Fingers
• 5223.0320 – Face, Nose, Mouth or Throat
• 5223.0490 – Pelvis
• 5223.0330 – Eye
• 5223.0500 – Hip and Upper Leg
• 5223.0340 – Ear
• 5223.0510 – Knee and Lower Leg
• 5223.0450 – Skull Defects
• 5223.0520 – Ankle
• 5223.0360 – Central Nervous System
• 5223.0530 – Foot and Toes
• 5223.0370 – Cervical Spine
• 5223.0540 – Amputations of Lower Extremities
• 5223.0380 – Thoracic Spine
• 5223.0560 – Respiratory
• 5223.0390 – Lumbar Spine
• 5223.0570 – Organic Heart Disease
• 5223.0400 – Peripheral Nervous System – Upper Extremity – Motor Loss
• 5223.0580 – Vascular Disease
• 5223.0590 – Gastrointestinal Tract
• 5223.0410 – Peripheral Nervous System – Upper Extremity – Sensory Loss
• 5223.0600 – Reproductive and Urinary Tract Schedule
• 5223.0610 – Hematopoietic
• 5223.0420– Peripheral Nervous System – Lower Extremity – Motor Loss
• 5223.0620 – Endocrine
• 5223.0430 – Peripheral Nervous System – Lower Extremity – Sensory Loss
• 5223.0630 – Skin Disorders
• 5223.0640 – Heat and Cold Injuries
• 5223.0450 – Shoulder and Upper Arm
• 5223.0650 – Cosmetic Disfigurement
• 5223.0460 – Elbow and Forearm

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