Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00151:reg:54:p11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00151
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 54 (pt 11/36)
Character Range: 102781–106258

the lower limbs by applying Tables 2.2.1, 2.2.2, and 2.2.3.

There are three Other Impairment tables relating to the effects of vascular conditions of the lower limbs. A condition may be rated under more than one table if appropriate. However, only one rating may be taken from each table irrespective of how many conditions contribute to the type of impairment to which that table relates.

The three Other Impairment tables are:
Table 2.2.1 — (Arterial) Peripheral Vascular Disease
Table 2.2.2 — Varicose Veins
Table 2.2.3 — Oedema.

Amputations arising from peripheral vascular disease cannot be assessed unless they have been separately accepted.  They can then be assessed under Chapter 3 (Impairment of Spine and Limbs).

Other Impairment Table 2.2.1
(ARTERIAL) PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE
Impairment Ratings
                                        Criteria
NIL                                     No peripheral vascular disease is present.
TWO                                     Minor peripheral vascular disease or peripheral vascular disease that has been successfully treated.
FIVE                                    Moderate peripheral vascular disease is present but causes little restriction of activities.
TEN                                     Severe peripheral vascular disease, the expected effects of which are masked by a non-accepted condition (eg, masked by restriction on walking due to a musculo­skeletal disorder).
                                        Irrespective of whether one or two legs are affected, only one rating may be selected from this table.

No age adjustment permitted for this table
Other Impairment Table 2.2.2
VARICOSE VEINS
Impairment Ratings
                              Criteria
NIL                              Varicose veins which are not greatly disfiguring, which cause only trivial symptoms, and which impose no significant restriction on activities.
                                 Superficial, small or transient ulceration.
TWO                           Varicose veins which are unsightly or even gross but which impose no significant restriction on activities.
FIVE                          Varicose veins, varicose ulcers — causing constant or almost constant symptoms which are not easily tolerated and require medication or therapy.
TEN                           Very severe varicose veins or ulceration — difficult to control and requiring periodic confinement or hospital admissions.
                              Irrespective of whether one or two legs are affected, only one rating may be selected from this table.

No age adjustment permitted for this table
Other Impairment Table 2.2.3
OEDEMA
Impairment Ratings
                              Criteria
NIL                           Mild or transient oedema.
FIVE                          Moderate and persistent oedema.
TEN                           Marked oedema, that is only partly controlled by treatment or therapy.
                              Irrespective of whether one or two legs are affected, only one rating may be selected from this table.

No age adjustment permitted for this table

An impairment rating from this table may be given in addition to an impairment rating from Chapter 1 even when both arise from the same condition (eg, heart failure).

Step 6: Combine the impairment ratings obtained in Steps 3 and 4.

If ratings were obtained both in Step 3 and in Step 4, then the ratings are to be combined. This combining is for