SKULL DEFECTS

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Minnesota Administrative Rules › DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Chapter 5223 › Part 5223.0050

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Subpart 1. Skull depressions. For skull defects the percent of disability of the whole body is provided by the following schedule: Unfilled Defect Percent Filled Defect Percent 0 to 1-1/2 square inches 0 0 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 square inches 5 0 2-1/2 to 4 square inches 10 2 4 to 6-1/2 square inches 15 3 6-1/2 or more square inches 20 5 Subp. 2. Skull fractures. Skull fractures are: A. Basilar skull fracture with persistent spinal fluid leak, 20 percent. B. Basilar skull fracture without cerebrospinal fluid leak, 0 percent.

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