N.Y. VOL Law § 12
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Non-schedule adjustments
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§ 12. Non-schedule adjustments. Notwithstanding any other provision of\nthis chapter, in any case coming within the provisions of sections ten\nand eleven of this chapter, in which the right to benefits has been\nestablished and benefits have been paid for not less than three months,\nin which the continuance of disability cannot be ascertained with\nreasonable certainty, the workmen's compensation board may, in the\ninterest of justice, approve a non-schedule adjustment agreed to between\nthe claimant and the political subdivision liable for the payment of\nbenefits or its insurance carrier. The provisions of subdivision five-b\nof section fifteen of the workmen's compensation law shall apply in any\nsuch case.\n
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