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the higher of the two ratings. This is the final impairment rating for the accepted skin condition.

Other
  Impairment
Table 11.1 SKIN DISORDERS

     Impairment
     Ratings Criteria
              * Skin disorder causing symptoms which are easily tolerated, or are present only for a short time each day.
              * Skin disorder that is symptomatic for less than one week of
            the year.
              * Asymptomatic skin disorder without need for medication.
              * Solar skin lesions not requiring removal during the year.
              * Male pattern baldness.
              * Skin disorder than is symptomatic for less than four months of the year.
              * Asymptomatic skin disorder but with need for medication.
              * Solar skin lesions necessitating surgical removal (including cryotherapy and/or cautery) at least once in the year but less than four times a year.
              * Any skin disorder, or combination of disorders, causing symptoms that are not easily tolerated, and that are present for a significant part of the day for at least four months a year, eg psoriasis; eczema; tinea with persistent pruritus, despite treatment.
              * Noticeable skin disorder, or combination of disorders, on face or hands, of such degree as would cause embarrassment to most people in unfamiliar social contexts.
              * Visible skin disorder, or combination of disorders, on a part of the body other than face and hands, of such degree as would cause embarrassment or considerable inconvenience to most people in domestic or intimate situations or as would cause them to curtail sporting or recreational activities.
              * Solar skin lesions necessitating surgical removal (including cryotherapy and/or cautery) three times a year or more, or the removal of at least ten lesions over the year.
              * Alopecia (other than male pattern baldness).
              * Skin disorders, or combination of disorders, resulting in significant loss of structural integrity of face, eg total loss of pinna, skin graft, scar following trauma or burns.
              * Severe and persistent pruritus causing difficulty in concen-
            trating and loss of sleep.
              * Persistent skin disorder, or combination of disorders, resulting in continuous signs and significant symptoms of moderate degree, present for most of the time.
              * Permanent or persistent skin disorder or combination of disorders causing gross loss of structural integrity of face and extensive or extreme facial disfigurement.
              * Severe and persistent ulcerative, weeping or suppurative skin disorders involving the greater part of both the face and the hands.

 No age adjustment permitted for this table

Only one rating is to be selected from this table for any combination of conditions.

     Chapter 12
     Endocrine and Haemopoietic
     Impairment

    This chapter contains two parts:

    Part 12.1      -    Loss of Endocrine Function
Part 12.2      -    Loss of Haemopoietic Function

    INTRODUCTION

    Part 12.1 is to be applied to assess loss of function of