United States Department of Labor

Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board

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K.S., Appellant

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U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, POST OFFICE,

Jersey City, NJ, Employer

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Docket No. 17-1922

Issued: July 12, 2018

Appearances: Case Submitted on the Record

Michael D. Overman, Esq., for the appellant1

Office of Solicitor, for the Director

DECISION AND ORDER

Before:

CHRISTOPHER J. GODFREY, Chief Judge

PATRICIA H. FITZGERALD, Deputy Chief Judge

VALERIE D. EVANS-HARRELL, Alternate Judge

JURISDICTION

On September 12, 2017 appellant, through counsel, filed a timely appeal from a June 12, 

2017 merit decision of the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP). Pursuant to the 

Federal Employees’ Compensation Act2(FECA) and 20 C.F.R. §§ 501.2(c) and 501.3, the Board 

has jurisdiction to consider the merits of the case.

 

1

In all cases in which a representative has been authorized in a matter before the Board, no claim for a fee for legal 

or other service performed on appeal before the Board is valid unless approved by the Board. 20 C.F.R. § 501.9(e). 

No contract for a stipulated fee or on a contingent fee basis will be approved by the Board. Id. An attorney or 

representative’s collection of a fee without the Board’s approval may constitute a misdemeanor, subject to fine or 

imprisonment for up to one year or both. Id.; see also 18 U.S.C. § 292. Demands for payment of fees to a 

representative, prior to approval by the Board, may be reported to appropriate authorities for investigation.

2 5 U.S.C. § 8101 et seq.
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ISSUE

The issue is whether appellant has more than 24 percent permanent impairment of her left 

upper extremity, for which she previously received a schedule award.

FACTUAL HISTORY

On June 2, 1997 appellant, then a 42-year-old mail hander, filed a traumatic injury claim 

(Form CA-1) alleging that, on May 29, 1997, she was keying on a sack sorting machine when a 

60-pound parcel came down the shoot and struck her in the back of her left shoulder and back of 

her left upper arm. On July 24, 1997 OWCP accepted her claim for left shoulder strain.3 On 

January 11, 2007 it expanded acceptance of the claim to include the additional condition of cervical 

sprain.

In a report dated January 30, 2007, appellant’s attending physician, Dr. Anil K. Sharma, a 

Board-certified in pain medicine and anesthesiology, diagnosed complex regional pain syndrome 

(CRPS) of the left upper extremity. He opined that this condition was related to appellant’s initial 

shoulder injury which had occurred almost 10 years prior.

On February 9, 2007 OWCP referred appellant for a second opinion evaluation with

Dr. Zohar Stark, a Board-certified orthopedic surgeon. In his February 22, 2007 report, Dr. Stark 

found that her left shoulder sprain had resolved, but he noted neurogenic pain originating from her 

cervical area. 

In a letter dated June 29, 2007, OWCP referred appellant for an impartial medical 

examination with Dr. Ian Fries, a Board-certified orthopedic surgeon, to resolve the conflict 

between Drs. Sharma and Stark, regarding appellant’s current medical diagnosis and its 

relationship to her accepted employment injuries. In his August 14, 2007 report, Dr. Fries noted 

the accepted left shoulder and cervical strains and also diagnosed chronic degenerated C6-7 disc,

probable adhesive capsulitis left shoulder, global left upper extremity pain, nonphysiological 

etiology, and unconfirmed total loss of sensation in left ring and little fingers. He found that 

appellant had 22 percent permanent impairment of the left upper extremity based on the fifth 

edition of the American Medical Association, Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment

(A.M.A., Guides).

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Counsel requested a schedule award for appellant’s left upper extremity permanent 

impairment on December 24, 2008 and provided a report dated October 14, 2008 from Dr. Arthur 

Becan, an orthopedic surgeon. Dr. Becan diagnosed chronic post-traumatic cervical strain and 

sprain, brachial plexus stretch injury to the left upper extremity, left carpal tunnel syndrome, 

herniated C6-7 disc, labral tear of the left shoulder, aggravation of impingement syndrome of the 

left shoulder, rotator cuff tendinopathy of the left shoulder, post-traumatic adhesive capsulitis of 

the left shoulder, and chronic post-traumatic adhesive capsulitis of the left shoulder. He found that 

 

3 The acceptance decision references a right shoulder strain, but this appears to be a typographical error given that 

appellant’s claim form described only a left shoulder injury. 

4 A.M.A., Guides, 5th ed. (2001).
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appellant had 40 percent permanent impairment of the left upper extremity under the fifth edition 

of the A.M.A., Guides.

OWCP’s medical adviser, Dr. Henry J. Magliato, a Board-certified orthopedic surgeon,

reviewed Dr. Becan’s report on February 4, 2009 and recommended an additional impartial 

medical examination due to the “considerable conflict of medical opinion between these various 

examiners.” 

Appellant filed a schedule award claim (Form CA-7) on February 18, 2009.

In a letter dated January 5, 2010, OWCP requested that Dr. Becan evaluate appellant’s 

percentage of permanent impairment under the sixth edition of the A.M.A., Guides (2009).

On February 5, 2010 Dr. Becan updated his October 14, 2008 report and found that 

appellant had a class 2 left brachial plexus impairment with mild sensory deficit and CRPS or 20 

percent impairment. He also found that she had loss of range of motion (ROM) of the left shoulder 

at 90 degrees of flexion and 80 degrees of abduction for nine percent permanent impairment. 

Dr. Becan combined appellant’s upper extremity impairments to conclude that appellant had 32 

percent permanent impairment of the left upper extremity and that she had reached maximum 

medical improvement (MMI) on October 14, 2008.

On March 26, 2010 OWCP referred Dr. Becan’s updated medical report back to its medical 

adviser, Dr. Magliato. In his March 29, 2010 report, Dr. Magliato applied Table 15-26 of the 

A.M.A., Guides5to Dr. Becan’s findings and determined that appellant had a class 1 impairment 

with mild sensory deficit of the C7 nerve root. He utilized the grade modifiers as determined by

Dr. Becan and reached an impairment rating of 13 percent of the left upper extremity due to the 

brachial plexus injury. Dr. Magliato further found that appellant had 9 percent impairment of the 

left shoulder due to loss of ROM6and combined these ratings to reach 21 percent impairment of 

the left upper extremity. He found that Dr. Becan’s impairment rating of 32 percent permanent 

impairment was too high and was based on the incorrect higher brachial plexus injury, rather than 

the accepted cervical sprain although he “did compute values for the [b]rachial [p]lexus itself.”

Dr. Magliato found that appellant reached MMI on October 14, 2008. 

On April 14, 2010 OWCP requested clarification from Dr. Magliato, noting that the 

accepted conditions were sprain of the left shoulder and sprain of the neck. It asked whether 

appellant had experienced a brachial plexus injury as a result of the May 29, 1997 employment

injury. Dr. Magliato responded on April 16, 2010 and noted that he awarded nine percent 

permanent impairment due to loss of ROM of appellant’s shoulder. He opined that appellant had 

not sustained an accepted brachial plexus injury and that Dr. Becan improperly included 13 percent 

permanent impairment for brachial plexus injury in his permanent impairment rating for schedule 

award purposes.

 

5 A.M.A., Guides, 454, Table 15-26.

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Id., at 477, Table 15-35.
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OWCP found a conflict of medical opinion between Dr. Becan and Dr. Magliato, and on 

August 16, 2010 referred appellant, along with a statement of accepted facts (SOAF) and the 

medical record, for an impartial medical examination with Dr. Michael H. Gordon, a Boardcertified orthopedic surgeon.

In his September 25, 2010 report, Dr. Gordon noted appellant’s history of injury on 

May 29, 1997. He reviewed her medical records and performed a physical examination. 

Dr. Gordon noted that appellant’s physical examination findings, including left shoulder ROM

with three measures of each, abduction of 50, 60, and 50 degrees on the left, adduction of 20, 25, 

and 20 on the left, forward flexion of 50, 50, and 60 on the left, internal rotation of 20, 20, and 30 

on the left, external rotation of 20, 10, and 5 on the left, and extension of 30, 20, and 30 degrees 

on the left. 

Dr. Gordon applied the sixth edition of the A.M.A., Guides to his findings on physical 

examination considering appellant’s accepted conditions of cervical strain and sprain of the left 

shoulder. He noted that ROM was used primarily as a physical examination adjustment factor and 

only to determine actual impairment values when a grid permitted its use. Dr. Gordon further 

noted that ROM rating could not be combined with other approaches under the A.M.A., Guides. 

He found that appellant did not exhibit CRPS in her upper left extremity in accordance with the 

A.M.A., Guides. Dr. Gordon reviewed the criteria including continuing pain disproportionate to 

any inciting event, vasomotor changes, pseudomotor changes, trophic changes, and radiographic 

studies. He determined that appellant exhibited none of these findings and further explained that 

in his experience if she had severe loss of motor strength, then she would also exhibit significant 

atrophy, which was not present on physical examination. Dr. Gordon found no objective criteria 

for CRPS as set forth in the A.M.A., Guides.

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 He further noted that the lack of atrophy in the left 

upper extremity and lack of trophic changes were inconsistent with appellant’s complaints of total 

loss of sensation in the left little finger and ring finger. Dr. Gordon concluded, based on his 

experiences and the objective findings at the time of examination, that there was no CRPS due to 

her accepted employment injuries. He further found that appellant’s physical examination did not 

support either peripheral nerve involvement or brachial plexopathy on the left. Dr. Gordon noted 

that there were no electromyograph findings compatible with these diagnoses and that her

objective findings did not support either of these diagnoses.8

Dr. Gordon applied Table 15-5 of the A.M.A., Guides,

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to address appellant’s diagnosed 

condition of shoulder sprain and applied the ROM criteria. He found that flexion on the left of 50 

degrees was nine percent permanent impairment of the upper extremity.10 Dr. Gordon determined 

that 30 degrees of extension was 1 percent permanent impairment of the upper extremity, that 50 

degrees of abduction was 6 percent permanent impairment of the upper extremity, adduction of 25 

degrees was 1 percent permanent impairment, internal rotation of 20 degrees was 4 percent

 

7 A.M.A., Guides 453-54, Table 15-24; Table 15-25; Table 15-26.

8 Dr. Gordon did not address or make findings regarding appellant’s date of MMI.

9 A.M.A., Guides 401, Table 15-5.

10 Id. at 475, Table 15-34.
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permanent impairment and external rotation of 20 degrees was 2 percent permanent impairment to 

reach 23 percent permanent impairment of appellant’s left upper extremity.11 

In a letter dated November 22, 2011, counsel noted that there was an outstanding schedule 

award request and that appellant had attended an impartial medical examination with Dr. Gordon. 

On February 3, 2012 he requested action from OWCP on her request for a schedule award. In a 

letter dated May 2, 2012, counsel requested that OWCP, at a minimum, grant appellant a schedule 

award for 23 percent permanent impairment of her left upper extremity in accordance with

Dr. Gordon’s report.

OWCP responded on May 16, 2012 and noted that Dr. Gordon’s report was improperly 

reviewed by Dr. Magliato and that this report must be reviewed by a different OWCP medical 

adviser.12 In a letter dated May 30, 2012, it reported that Dr. Gordon did not indicate that appellant 

had reached MMI and that no further action could be taken on her schedule award claim until she 

provided detailed medical evidence establishing that she had reached MMI. 

In a letter dated June 28, 2012, counsel protested that Dr. Becan found that she had reached 

MMI years prior and that Dr. Gordon was silent on this issue. In a letter dated March 1, 2013, he

again requested a final decision addressing appellant’s permanent impairment. On March 29, 2013 

OWCP again indicated that she had not reached MMI. Counsel responded on May 3, 2013 and 

noted that Dr. Becan found that appellant had reached MMI on October 14, 2008.

In a letter dated April 2, 2014, OWCP found a conflict of medical opinion evidence 

between Drs. Becan and Magliato regarding appellant’s diagnosed condition. It referred her, a 

SOAF, and a list of questions to Dr. Ian Fries, a Board-certified orthopedic surgeon, for an

impartial medical examination to resolve the disagreement. In a letter dated April 11, 2014, 

counsel informed OWCP that Dr. Fries had previously examined appellant on August 8, 2007. 

In a letter dated October 6, 2014, OWCP referred appellant, a SOAF, and a list of questions 

to Dr. Robert Dennis, a Board-certified orthopedic surgeon, for an impartial medical examination 

to resolve the issues of her diagnosis and the extent of her impairment for schedule award purposes. 

Dr. Dennis completed a report on December 10, 2014 reviewing the SOAF, noting 

appellant’s history of injury, and her medical treatment. He performed a physical examination and 

noted that she was not providing her full effort. Dr. Dennis opined that appellant’s muscle and 

strength testing was so erratic and inconsistent that much of test results had to be discarded because 

the variation was outside the range of acceptable. He examined her cervical spine and found no 

evidence of clinical pathology in the cervical spine that related to any ongoing radiculopathy. 

Dr. Dennis examined appellant’s brachial plexus and found no evidence of atrophy or weakness 

in any of the muscles of the left upper extremity. He concluded that the variation of evidence of 

weakness of the left hand was totally voluntary and that appellant had no sensory deficit. 

Dr. Dennis diagnosed resolved cervical sprain, osteoarthritis, and degenerative changes in the 

 

11 Id.

12 The Board review of the case record does not establish that it includes a report from Dr. Magliato reviewing

Dr. Gordon’s report.
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cervical spine which preexisted her employment injury, herniated discs at C6-7 which were not 

symptomatic, resolved carpal tunnel syndrome, shoulder sprain, impingement syndrome still 

persistent with adhesive capsulitis, labral tear, persistent tendinopathy of the left shoulder, reflex 

sympathetic dystrophy or CRPS completely resolved, and no current evidence of persistent 

neurological damage to the brachial plexus. He found that appellant reached MMI on 

October 14, 2008.

In regard to appellant’s left shoulder, Dr. Dennis found no residual functional impairment 

regards to a neural deficit relating to either radiculopathy, brachial plexus pathology, or

sympathetic dystrophy. He noted that her ROM in her left shoulder was abnormal. Dr. Dennis 

reported 80 degrees or shoulder flexion, 30 degrees, of shoulder extension, 80 degrees of shoulder 

abduction, 5 degrees of shoulder adduction, 5 degrees of external rotation, and 10 degrees of 

internal rotation. He noted that these motion deficits were reproducible and were measured no less 

than five times, and then he reported the average. Dr. Dennis concluded that appellant’s loss of 

ROM in her left shoulder was consistent with adhesive capsulitis and longstanding lack of full 

motion. He applied the diagnosis-based estimates of the A.M.A., Guides and determined that she

had no more than five percent permanent impairment of her left upper extremity. Dr. Dennis found 

that appellant had 18 percent permanent impairment based on loss of ROM of the left upper 

extremity.

OWCP referred Dr. Dennis’ report to an OWCP medical adviser, Dr. Andrew Merola, a 

Board-certified orthopedic surgeon, on March 10, 2015. In his March 13, 2015 report, Dr. Merola 

requested clarification of the net adjustment formula and calculations used by Dr. Dennis to reach 

his impairment rating.

Dr. Dennis completed an addendum on April 27, 2015 and opined that he had already 

provided the requested information. He noted that he agreed with Dr. Magliato’s methodology 

and provided an excerpt from his March 29, 2010 report. On August 13, 2015 OWCP referred

Dr. Dennis’ supplemental report to Dr. Magliato. In his August 18, 2015 report, Dr. Magliato 

found Dr. Dennis’ impairment rating confusing and requested further clarification.

In a letter dated September 14, 2015, OWCP requested a second supplemental report from

Dr. Dennis. Dr. Dennis responded on October 7, 2015 and concluded: “I am inclined not to 

reexplain what has already been explained very thoroughly to be best of my ability on two, and 

now three, separate occasions.”

In a report dated January 12, 2016, Dr. Arthur S. Harris, a Board-certified orthopedic 

surgeon, serving as OWCP medical adviser, found that appellant had 24 percent upper extremity 

impairment, based on loss of ROM. He found 9 percent permanent impairment for loss of shoulder 

flexion, 1 percent permanent impairment for loss of shoulder extension, 6 percent permanent 

impairment for loss of shoulder abduction, 2 percent permanent impairment for adduction, 4 

percent permanent impairment for loss of internal rotation, and 2 percent permanent impairment 

for loss of external rotation.13 Dr. Harris listed appellant’s date of MMI as December 10, 2014. 

 

13 Supra note 10.
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By decision dated February 23, 2016, OWCP granted appellant a schedule award for 24 

percent permanent impairment of the left upper extremity. 

Counsel requested an oral hearing before an OWCP hearing representative on 

March 2, 2016. In a letter dated July 8, 2016, he amended his request to a review of the written 

record. Counsel requested a new impartial medical examination as Dr. Dennis did not clarify his 

opinion.

By decision dated August 24, 2016, OWCP’s hearing representative found that OWCP had 

improperly developed appellant’s schedule award claim. He noted that the schedule award granted 

was not based on Dr. Dennis’ rating and that Dr. Dennis’ rating was not sufficiently rationalized 

to resolve the conflict. The hearing representative noted that OWCP improperly referred

Dr. Dennis’ report to Dr. Magliato. OWCP’s hearing representative found that Dr. Gordon was 

properly designated as an impartial medical examiner. He further found that there was no evidence 

that Dr. Magliato had reviewed Dr. Gordon’s report. OWCP’s hearing representative remanded 

the case for an OWCP medical adviser to review Dr. Gordon’s report and noted that there was no 

issue regarding appellant’s date of MMI. 

OWCP’s medical adviser, Dr. Morley Slutsky, a Board-certified occupational medicine

specialist, reviewed the medical evidence on November 1, 2016 and found that Dr. Gordon 

appropriately applied the A.M.A., Guides to reach a final left upper extremity impairment of 23 

percent impairment of the left upper extremity based on loss of ROM.

By decision dated February 17, 2017, OWCP found that appellant had no more than 24 

percent impairment of her left upper extremity for which she had previously received a schedule 

award. On February 28, 2017 counsel requested an oral hearing from OWCP’s Branch of Hearings 

and Review. At the oral hearing on May 9, 2017, he argued that appellant’s schedule award should 

include impairment ratings for CRPS and brachial plexopathy.

By decision dated June 12, 2017, OWCP’s hearing representative found Dr. Gordon’s 

report represented the special weight of the medical evidence and found that appellant had no more 

than 23 percent permanent impairment of her left upper extremity warranting a schedule award.

LEGAL PRECEDENT

Section 8149 of FECA delegates to the Secretary of Labor the authority to prescribe rules 

and regulations for the administration and enforcement of FECA. The Secretary of Labor has 

vested the authority to implement FECA program with the Director of OWCP.14 Section 8107 of 

FECA sets forth the number of weeks of compensation to be paid for the permanent loss of use of 

specified members, functions, and organs of the body.15 FECA, however, does not specify the 

manner by which the percentage loss of a member, function, or organ shall be determined. To 

ensure consistent results and equal justice under the law, good administrative practice requires the 

 

14 See 20 C.F.R. §§ 1.1-1.4.

15 For a complete loss of use of an arm, an employee shall receive 312 weeks of compensation. 5 U.S.C. 

§ 8107(c)(1).
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use of uniform standards applicable to all claimants. Through its implementing regulations, 

OWCP adopted the A.M.A., Guides as the appropriate standard for evaluating schedule losses.16 

As of May 1, 2009, schedule awards are determined in accordance with the sixth edition of the 

A.M.A., Guides (2009).17 The Board has approved the use by OWCP of the A.M.A., Guides for 

the purpose of determining the percentage loss of use of a member of the body for schedule award 

purposes.18

The A.M.A., Guides provide a diagnosis-based impairment (DBI) method of evaluation 

utilizing the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability 

and Health (ICF) for upper extremity impairments. The evaluator identifies the impairment for 

the Class of Diagnosis (CDX) condition, which is then adjusted by grade modifiers based on 

Functional History (GMFH), Physical Examination (GMPE), and Clinical Studies (GMCS).19 The 

net adjustment formula is (GMFH - CDX) + (GMPE - CDX) + (GMCS - CDX).20

The A.M.A., Guides also provide that ROM impairment method is to be used as a standalone rating for upper extremity impairments when other grids direct its use or when no other 

diagnosis-based sections are applicable.21 If ROM is used as a stand-alone approach, the total of 

motion impairment for all units of function must be calculated. All values for the joint are 

measured and added.22 Adjustments for functional history may be made if the evaluator 

determines that the resulting impairment does not adequately reflect functional loss and functional 

reports are determined to be reliable.23

OWCP issued FECA Bulletin No. 17-06 to explain the use of the DBI methodology based 

versus the ROM methodology for rating of upper extremity impairments.24 Regarding the 

application of ROM or DBI methodologies in rating permanent impairment of the upper 

extremities, FECA Bulletin No. 17-06 provides in pertinent part: 

“As the [A.M.A.,] Guides caution that if it is clear to the evaluator evaluating loss 

of ROM that a restricted ROM has an organic basis, three independent 

 

16 20 C.F.R. § 10.404. See C.J., Docket No. 17-1570 (issued February 9, 2018); Ronald R. Kraynak, 53 ECAB 

130 (2001).

17 See Federal (FECA) Procedure Manual, Part 3 -- Medical, Schedule Awards, Chapter 3.700, Exhibit 1 

(January 2010); id. at Part 2 -- Claims, Schedule Awards and Permanent Disability Claims, Chapter 2.808.5a 

(February 2013).

18 C.J., supra note 16; Isidoro Rivera, 12 ECAB 348 (1961).

19 A.M.A., Guides 405-18.

20 Id.

21 Id. at 461.

22 Id. at 473.

23 Id. at 474.

24 FECA Bulletin No. 17-06. This Bulletin was effective for all decisions issued by OWCP on and after 

May 8, 2017.
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measurements should be obtained and the greatest ROM should be used for the 

determination of impairment, the CE [claims examiner] should provide this 

information (via the updated instructions noted above) to the rating physician(s).”

Upon initial review of a referral for upper extremity impairment evaluation, the district 

medical adviser (DMA) should identify: (1) the methodology used by the rating physician (i.e.,

DBI or ROM), and (2) whether the applicable tables in Chapter 15 of the A.M.A., Guides identify 

a diagnosis that can alternatively be rated by ROM. If the A.M.A., Guides allow for the use of 

both the DBI and ROM methods to calculate an impairment rating for the diagnosis in question, 

the method producing the higher rating should be used. (Emphasis in the original).

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The Bulletin further advises: 

“If the rating physician provided an assessment using the ROM method and the 

[A.M.A.,] Guides allow for use of ROM for the diagnosis in question, the DMA 

should independently calculate impairment using both the ROM and DBI methods 

and identify the higher rating for the CE.”

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ANALYSIS

The Board finds that this case is not in posture for decision.

OWCP accepted appellant’s claim for left shoulder strain and cervical sprain. The issue is 

whether appellant sustained more than 24 percent permanent impairment of her left upper 

extremity for which she previously received a schedule award.

Dr. Gordon rated appellant’s permanent impairment of the left shoulder pursuant to Table 

15-34 of the A.M.A., Guides, for loss of shoulder ROM.

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 The Board notes that Table 15-5, the 

Shoulder Regional Grid, does allow, by asterisk, that shoulder strain or sprain be alternatively 

evaluated as a ROM impairment.28 Under FECA Bulletin No. 17-06.5, if the rating physician 

provided an assessment using the ROM method and the A.M.A., Guides allow for use of ROM for 

the diagnosis in question, the DMA should independently calculate impairment using both the 

ROM and DBI methods and identify the higher rating for the [claims examiner].

Because Dr. Gordon provided a rating based upon appellant’s loss of ROM which was 

allowed (for a diagnosed condition followed by an asterisk) under Table 15-5 of the A.M.A.,

Guides, DMA Dr. Slutsky, should have independently calculated appellant’s impairment using 

both the ROM and DBI method and identified the higher rating for the claims examiner. If the 

medical evidence of record was insufficient for the DMA to render a rating using the ROM 

 

25 A.M.A., Guides 477.

26 Id.

27 Id. at 475, Table 15-34.

28 Id. at 401, Table 15-5.
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methodology, the DMA should have advised as to the medical evidence necessary to complete the 

rating.29

This case will therefore be remanded for further development consistent with OWCP 

procedures found in FECA Bulletin No. 17-06. Following this and any other development deemed 

necessary, OWCP shall issue a de novo decision. 

CONCLUSION

The Board finds that this case is not in posture for a decision.

ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the June 12, 2017 decision of the Office of Workers’

Compensation Programs is set aside and the case is remanded for further development consistent 

with this decision.

Issued: July 12, 2018

Washington, DC

Christopher J. Godfrey, Chief Judge

Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board

Patricia H. Fitzgerald, Deputy Chief Judge

Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board

Valerie D. Evans-Harrell, Alternate Judge

Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board

 

29 Id.