Cabatbat v. County of Hawai'i, Department of Water Supply

Opinion of the Court by

ACOBA, J.

We hold that the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board (the Board) erred in relying exclusively on a part of the American Medical Association, Gtddes to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (4th ed., AMA 1993) [hereinafter AMA Guides] in affirming a Hawai'i Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Disability Compensation Division (DCD) decision determining that Claimant-Appellant Clarence Cabatbat (Ca-batbat) suffered a permanent partial disability (PPD) of eight percent as a result of a work-related injury to his temporomandibu-lar joint (TMJ). 1…