Coupe Care Pty Ltd made an application to appeal against a medical assessment to the Register of the Workers Compensation Commission. The Medical Assessment was made by Dr Chris Oates, an Approved Medical Specialist (AMS). The respondent to the appeal is Glenn Thomas Riley. The workers compensation insurer is QBE Workers Compensation (NSW) Limited. The matter involves a claim for permanent impairment under the workers compensation legislation (the Workers Compensation Act 1987 and the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998). But the Appeal Panel found that although the AMS “may have been in error in assessing Scaring, his determination of WPI was correct.” The Panel ruled the original medical assessment certificate should stand.
