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See what your workplace injury could be worth.

An interactive Range-of-Motion calculator that uses the same 2018 NY Impairment Guidelines methodology physicians are required to use — and combines multiple body parts the way the Workers' Compensation Board actually pays them.

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Real Guideline Math

Tables 5.4(a/b) for shoulder, Table 7.4 for knee. Same formulas a Board-authorized doctor uses to write the permanency report.

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Visual ROM Inputs

Interactive figures for flexion, extension, abduction, rotation. Drag to match how your joint actually moves.

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Multi-Joint Awards

Combines shoulder + knee (or any covered joints) using the additive logic the Board uses, not just simple addition.

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Lost-Time Credits

Subtracts indemnity already paid the way an actual SLU award would calculate, using your AWW and the current max rate.

Who should use this

Workers with permanent injuries to extremities — shoulder, knee, arm, leg — who want to understand what an SLU finding is worth before the doctor writes the permanency report. Most useful 4–8 months post-injury, when you're nearing maximum medical improvement.

A note on accuracy

The math is real. The output is only as accurate as the ROM measurements you input. A trained orthopedist measures with a goniometer; you'll be eyeballing or self-measuring. Treat the result as a ballpark — useful for orientation, not for negotiation.

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See what your workplace injury could be worth.

Show how each injured joint moves now. The calculator uses the same Range-of-Motion methodology that New York's 2018 Impairment Guidelines require physicians to use — and combines multiple body parts the way the Board actually pays them.

It's not a medical exam. It's a way to understand what your case is worth before you talk to anyone.

Everything you enter stays in your browser. Your inputs and the resulting estimate are not transmitted to this firm or anyone else. If you choose to use the contact form at the end, only the fields you fill in there get sent.
Important Disclaimers

Attorney Advertising · Educational Tool Only. This is not a medical evaluation and does not constitute legal advice. The interactive diagrams show motion ranges only — they cannot measure your actual impairment. Only a qualified physician performing a real examination per the New York 2018 Impairment Guidelines can determine your true Schedule Loss of Use percentage.

Estimates are illustrative. Dollar values are educational ranges. Actual case values depend on the treating physician's findings, the IME findings, the assigned judge, and the carrier's litigation posture.

No attorney-client relationship. Use of this tool — including running calculations and submitting the contact form — does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and Levi A. Grosswald, Finkelstein, Meirowitz & Eidlisz LLP, or any attorney. An attorney-client relationship is established only by a written, signed retainer agreement following a consultation. Until then, no attorney is acting on your behalf, no confidences are owed, and no statute-of-limitations concerns are being managed for you.

Your data stays on your device. All information you enter into this calculator — date of accident, weekly wage, joint range-of-motion measurements, hearing thresholds, prior payments, and the resulting SLU estimate — is processed entirely in your browser and is not transmitted to this firm or any third party. If you choose to use the contact form at the end, only the four fields you fill in there (name, email, phone, message) are sent — nothing else. The firm has no way to retrieve, log, or access your calculator inputs or estimates.

Methodology: Calculations based on the New York State Workers' Compensation Board's Guidelines for Determining Impairment (First Edition, November 22, 2017) — Tables 5.4(a)/(b) for shoulder (Chapter 5), Table 7.4 for knee (Chapter 7, Knee and Tibia), Table 3.4 for wrist (Chapter 3, Hand and Wrist), Table 6.4 for hip (Chapter 6, Hip and Femur), Table 4.4 for elbow (Chapter 4, Elbow), Table 8.4 for foot (Chapter 8, Ankle and Foot), and Ch. 11.2.1 for occupational hearing loss (4-frequency average at 500/1000/2000/3000 Hz, 25 dB low fence, 1.5% per dB above fence; bilateral binaural formula weights better ear ×5 + worse ear, divided by 6). Statutory weeks per WCL §15(3) and Appendix A: 312 weeks (arm — shoulder and elbow score against this), 288 weeks (leg — knee and hip both score here), 244 weeks (hand — wrist findings score against this schedule), 205 weeks (foot — its own statutory schedule), 150 weeks (bilateral hearing loss) / 60 weeks per ear (single-ear hearing loss). The maximum weekly benefit rate is determined by the date of accident per WCL §15(6) and locks in for the duration of the claim — it does not increase as new maximums are adopted in later years. Multi-part awards run concurrently and are subject to that statutory maximum. Where prior payments are reported (carrier indemnity or employer salary continuation), they are credited dollar-for-dollar against the combined gross schedule loss-of-use award per WCL §15(4-a) and §25(4)(a). Attorney's fees on SLU awards are typically 15% of the net award (after credit) per the statutory framework under WCL §24, paid out of the award itself.

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case is different.
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