N.M. Stat. § 52-1-25
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§ 52-1-25. Permanent total disability
Official statutory text
A. As used in the Workers' Compensation Act, “ permanent total disability ” means:
(1) the permanent and total loss or loss of use of both hands or both arms or both feet or both legs or both eyes or any two of them; or
(2) a brain injury resulting from a single traumatic work-related injury that causes, exclusive of the contribution to the impairment rating arising from any other impairment to any other body part, or any preexisting impairments of any kind, a permanent impairment of thirty percent or more as determined by the current American medical association guide to the evaluation of permanent impairment.
B. In considering a claim for total disability, a workers' compensation judge shall not receive or consider the testimony of a vocational rehabilitation provider offered for the purpose of determining the existence or extent of disability.
(1) the permanent and total loss or loss of use of both hands or both arms or both feet or both legs or both eyes or any two of them; or
(2) a brain injury resulting from a single traumatic work-related injury that causes, exclusive of the contribution to the impairment rating arising from any other impairment to any other body part, or any preexisting impairments of any kind, a permanent impairment of thirty percent or more as determined by the current American medical association guide to the evaluation of permanent impairment.
B. In considering a claim for total disability, a workers' compensation judge shall not receive or consider the testimony of a vocational rehabilitation provider offered for the purpose of determining the existence or extent of disability.
Status: in_force
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