Confirmation of 33 1/3% disability pension and 15% integrity award

ATA/760/1996Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberDec 17, 1996Confirmed

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Omnilex summary

The administrative court upheld the CNA's decision concerning an insured worker who had the five toes of his right foot amputated. It confirmed the disability pension at 33 1/3% and the integrity compensation at 15%, finding no basis to alter the insurer's assessment.

Omnilex headnote

LAA art. 18 para. 1 and para. 2; assessment of disability pension and integrity compensation after foot amputation: the court will uphold the insurer's evaluation where the medical and economic assessment provides no reason to depart from the fixed degree of loss of earning capacity and the percentage for impairment of integrity. The court confirmed the CNA's determination of a 33 1/3% invalidity pension and a 15% integrity award (consid. not stated).

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Descripteurs

ACCIDENT; AA; AFFECTION DU PIED; AI(ASSURANCE); DOSSIER MEDICAL; INCAPACITE DE TRAVAIL; INVALIDITE(INFIRMITE); MEDECIN REPONDANT; SALAIRE DETERMINANT; EVALUATION DE L'INVALIDITE; INDEMNITE POUR ATTEINTE A L'INTEGRITE; ASSURANCE SOCIALE

Normes

LAA.18 al.1; LAA.18 al.2

Résumé

Le TA confirme une décision de la CNA fixant à 33 1/3 % le taux d'une rente invalidité et à 15 % l'indemnité pour atteinte à l'intégrité d'un travailleur amputé de ses 5 orteils droits. Le TA confirme une décision de la CNA fixant à 33 1/3 % le taux d'une rente invalidité et à 15 % l'indemnité pour atteinte à l'intégrité d'un travailleur amputé de ses 5 orteils droits.

Keywords

accident insurancedisability pensionintegrity compensationamputationloss of earning capacitymedical assessment

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Key legal question

Whether the CNA correctly set the disability pension at 33 1/3% under the accident insurance rules.

Extracted holding

The pension assessment was upheld.

Extracted reasoning

The court found no reason to depart from the CNA's evaluation of the loss of earning capacity.

Key legal question

Whether the CNA correctly fixed the integrity compensation at 15% for the foot injury.

Extracted holding

The integrity award was upheld at 15%.

Extracted reasoning

The consequences of amputating the five toes of the right foot justified the percentage chosen by the CNA.

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