I have an ortho report that gives the injured worker a WPI to her neck
under DRE Cervical Category II of 8%. The doctor then gives the injured
worker a WPI to her lumbar spine using DRE Lumbar Category III of 13%.
Then he indicates that the total WPI is 21%. My question is when I'm
trying to rate the WPI the calculator asks for the chapter I am
using....i.e. whether its cervical or lumbar. Do I use the lumbar and rate
it as WPI of 21% because it is the larger of the two?
Thank you for any help you can provide me....
-Rose