2005 Idaho Code - 72-406 — DEDUCTIONS FOR PREEXISTING INJURIES AND INFIRMITIES

                                  TITLE  72
                      WORKER'S COMPENSATION AND RELATED
                        LAWS -- INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
                                  CHAPTER 4
                                   BENEFITS
    72-406.  DEDUCTIONS FOR PREEXISTING INJURIES AND INFIRMITIES. (1) In cases
of permanent disability less than total, if the degree or duration of
disability resulting from an industrial injury or occupational disease is
increased or prolonged because of a preexisting physical impairment, the
employer shall be liable only for the additional disability from the
industrial injury or occupational disease.
    (2)  Any income benefits previously paid an injured workman for permanent
disability to any member or part of his body shall be deducted from the amount
of income benefits provided for the permanent disability to the same member or
part of his body caused by a change in his physical condition or by a
subsequent injury or occupational disease.