Is it necessary to say that the
results of those calculations which are intented to Administrations,
Law Courts, Insurance Companies or Victims, must be accompanied if not
of the formulas themselves, at least by the record of their principles
. That is to say :
a) the disability is proportional to the
remaining ability
b) the total disability is the sum of the
partial and independent disabilities resulting from simple rates or
from composed rates
c) the
sum of the total disability and of the remaining ability is equal to 1
(100%)
Only the final result is to be correct to the nearest whole number, knowing that a difference of a half-point may be sometimes not negligible as for the amount of the compensation.
The purely functional schedules indeed lead to values well-ordered by inclusion . But they are unreliable if, for instance, the functions of the upper limbs are reduced to the only prehension, or those of the lower limbs reduced to the only locomotion .
Contrary to what is yet mentionned in even recent books, the order of the rates in the formulas B1 and B2 has no incidence on the result. Because the numeral multiplication is commutative.
Must we or must we not apply the Balthazard’s formula to functional after effects concerning the limbs ? Yes in a classical way, as indicated in the ancient schedules, i.e. MAYET-REY, 1970. But also presently : the schedule of the Concours Medical, 2001, indeed indicates :
Predominating
upper limb
| Amputation | 60% |
| Dangling shoulder | 25% |
| Complete lost of the hand function | 45% |
Thus the two last together : without Balthazard : 70% - with Balthazard :58,75%
Lower
limb
| High amputation of the thigh impossible to supply | 55% |
| Ankylosis of the knee | 30% |
| Ankylosis of the club foot | 30% |
Use formulas C1 and C2 only in
the cas of one conditional rate .
For several conditonal rates , use the proceedeing of formula
G .
For instance, if the previous state is :
| Auditive waste on the right ear | 7% |
| Traumatic after effects on the right ankle | 10% |
| Auditive waste on both ears | 40% |
| Aggravation of the right ankle after effects | 28% |
the proceeding of formula G leads to a PPD = 48% for the proper rate of the second damage .
It happens that the result of an intermediate calculation (or its carry) has more decimals than the window can contain. Then a part of the noticed number disappears from view. Do not worry for it stays in the software .
So as to not increase the approximation during the computing, the calculation is done with so much decimals that the computer can contain. But it is obvious that the final result may be correct to the nearest whole number ( i.e. result = 0.35483870967742 corrected to 35%).