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A SCHEDULE LOSS OF USE (SLU) EVALUATION BASED UPON THE EXPIRED 2012 GUIDELINES SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED BY THE WORKER’S COMPENSATION BOARD; A SECOND SLU EVALUATION BASED UPON THE CURRENT 2018 GUIDELINES HAD BEEN SUBMITTED BUT WAS NOT RELIED UPON BY THE BOARD (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, reversing the Workers’ Compensation Board, determined the fact that the claimant’s treating physician’s (Harley’s) initial schedule loss of use (SLU) evaluation was based on the expired 2012 guidelines, not the most recent 2018 guidelines, and therefore should not have been considered. The treating physician had subsequently submitted another SLU evaluation based on the 2018 guidelines with a significantly higher percentage of loss:

Inasmuch as Harley’s permanency examination of claimant was “the first medical evaluation of SLU” and occurred after January 1, 2018, Harley improperly relied upon and applied the 2012 Guidelines in rendering his SLU opinion. As such, the Board’s reliance upon Harley’s medical report and testimony was erroneous; its decision is therefore not supported by substantial evidence and must be reversed … . Matter of Garofalo v Verizon N.Y., Inc., 2024 NY Slip Op 02961, Third Dept 5-30-24

Practice Point: A schedule loss of use (SLU) evaluation based upon expired guidelines should not be relied upon in a Worders’ Compensation proceeding.

 

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