Impairment Rating
Medical & Disability Terms
Definition
A percentage assigned by a physician reflecting how much permanent function you've lost due to an injury, typically calculated using a standardized medical guide.
Why It Matters
This single number is often the biggest factor driving your settlement amount for permanent disability.
How This Connects to Your Estimate
This is exactly the variable the settlement multiplier range is standing in for on every injury page of this site. An injury with a high surgery likelihood or a wide impairment-rating range (like traumatic brain injury) gets a correspondingly wide settlement range here — that's not arbitrary, it's a direct reflection of how much a real impairment rating can vary for that injury type. See the full methodology for exactly how this factors into the number.
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