Legal Opinion
Rasmussen v. General Dynamics Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 4, 1993No. 1296, Docket 92-4220PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
Mary Rasmussen appeals from a final order of the Benefits Review Board of the United States Department of Labor granting her compensation for binaural rather than monaural hearing loss. The Board determined that § 8(e)(13)(E) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (“LHWCA”), 33 U.S.C. § 908(c)(13)(E) (1988); requires that monaural hearing impairments be converted to binaural hearing percentages, pursuant to the American Medical Association’s Guides for the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (“AMA Guides”). After conversion to binaural loss, Rasmussen’s…
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