2021 Georgia Code
Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations
Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation
Article 7 - Compensation Schedules
§ 34-9-263. Compensation for Permanent Partial Disability
- Definition. As used in this chapter, "permanent partial disability" means disability partial in character but permanent in quality resulting from loss or loss of use of body members or from the partial loss of use of the employee's body.
- Payment of benefits.
- In cases of permanent partial disability, the employer shall pay weekly income benefits to the employee according to the schedule included within this Code section. These benefits shall be payable without regard to whether the employee has suffered economic loss as a result of the injury, except as herein provided.
- Income benefits due under this Code section shall not become payable so long as the employee is entitled to benefits under Code Section 34-9-261 or 34-9-262.
- If any employee is receiving benefits under this Code section and experiences a change in condition qualifying the employee for income benefits under Code Section 34-9-261 or 34-9-262, any payments under this Code section shall cease until further change of the employee's condition occurs.
(c) Schedule of income benefits. Subject to the maximum and minimum limitations on weekly income benefits specified in Code Section 34-9-261, the employer shall pay weekly income benefits equal to two-thirds of the employee's average weekly wage for the number of weeks determined by the percentage of bodily loss or loss of use times the maximum weeks as follows:
Bodily Loss
Maximum Weeks
(1) Arm ...............................................................225 (2) Leg ...............................................................225 (3) Hand ..............................................................160 (4) Foot ..............................................................135 (5) Thumb ............................................................. 60 (6) Index finger ...................................................... 40 (7) Middle finger ..................................................... 35 (8) Ring finger ....................................................... 30 (9) Little finger ..................................................... 25 (10) Great toe ........................................................ 30 (11) Any toe other than the great toe ................................. 20 (12) Loss of hearing, traumatic One ear ............................................................. 75 Both ears ...........................................................150 (13) Loss of vision of one eye ........................................150 (14) Disability to the body as a whole ................................300Impairment ratings. In all cases arising under this chapter, any percentage of disability or bodily loss ratings shall be based upon Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, fifth edition, published by the American Medical Association.
Loss of more than one major member. Loss of both arms, hands, legs, or feet, or any two or more of these members, or the permanent total loss of vision in both eyes shall create a rebuttable presumption of permanent total disability compensable as provided in Code Section 34-9-261.
(Ga. L. 1920, p. 167, § 32; Ga. L. 1923, p. 92, § 3; Code 1933, § 114-406; Ga. L. 1945, p. 485, § 1; Ga. L. 1955, p. 210, § 3; Ga. L. 1958, p. 360, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1963, p. 141, § 7; Ga. L. 1971, p. 895, § 1; Ga. L. 1973, p. 232, § 5; Ga. L. 1974, p. 1143, §§ 5, 6; Ga. L. 1978, p. 2220, § 5; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 34; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 34; Ga. L. 1985, p. 727, § 10; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1291, § 12; Ga. L. 2001, p. 748, § 8.)
Law reviews.- For article, "Workers' Compensation," see 53 Mercer L. Rev. 521 (2001). For survey article on workers' compensation law for the period from June 1, 2002 to May 31, 2003, see 55 Mercer L. Rev. 459 (2003). For annual survey of law of worker's compensation, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 479 (2004).
JUDICIAL DECISIONSANALYSIS
- General Consideration
- Scope of Section
- Definitions
- Specific or General Disability
- Compensable Injuries
- Benefits Awarded
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR.
- Right to take rise or fall in wages since date of accident into account in fixing workmen's compensation, 2 A.L.R. 1642; 92 A.L.R. 1188.
Workmen's compensation: what amounts to loss of member within the meaning of the acts, 18 A.L.R. 1350.
Workmen's compensation: injury while riding to or from work in employer's conveyance as arising out of, or in course of, employment, 21 A.L.R. 1223; 24 A.L.R. 1233; 62 A.L.R. 1438; 145 A.L.R. 1033.
Workmen's compensation: compensation for loss or impairment of eyesight within Workmen's Compensation Acts, 24 A.L.R. 1466; 73 A.L.R. 706; 99 A.L.R. 1499; 142 A.L.R. 822.
Accident and disability insurance: when insured deemed to be totally and continuously unable to transact all business duties, 37 A.L.R. 151; 41 A.L.R. 1376; 51 A.L.R. 1048; 79 A.L.R. 857; 98 A.L.R. 789; 39 A.L.R.3d 1026.
Workmen's compensation: compensation for disfigurement, 80 A.L.R. 970; 116 A.L.R. 712.
Workmen's compensation: mental state or nervous condition following accident or injury as compensable, or factor in determining amount or duration of period of compensation, 86 A.L.R. 961.
Workmen's compensation: right to compensation for temporary total disability in addition to compensation for permanent partial disability, 88 A.L.R. 385.
Loss or impairment of vision as within meaning of total disability clause, 1 A.L.R.2d 756.
Amount recoverable under loss of member or vision clauses of accident insurance, 44 A.L.R.2d 1233.
Validity and construction of accident insurance policy provision making benefits conditional on disability occurring immediately, or at once, or within specified time of accident, 39 A.L.R.3d 1026.
Admissibility of opinion evidence as to employability on issue of disability in health and accident insurance and workers' compensation cases, 89 A.L.R.3d 783.
Compensability of specially equipped van or vehicle under workers' compensation statutes, 63 A.L.R.5th 163.
Construction and application of re-examination clause of Seventh Amendment, 10 A.L.R.7th 1.
