Permanent partial disability.
Article 191
ART. 191. Permanent partial disability. — (a) Under such regulations as the Commission may approve, any employee under this Title who contracts sickness or sustains an injury resulting in permanent partial disability shall for each month not exceeding the period designated herein be paid by the System during such disability an income benefit equivalent to the income benefit for permanent total disability. The benefit shall be paid for not more than the period designated in the following schedule: Complete and permanent loss of the use of Number of months One thumb 8 One index finger 6 One middle finger 5 One ring finger 4 One little finger 2 One big toe 5 Any toe 2 One hand 31 One arm 40 One foot 25 One leg 37 One ear 8 Both ears 16 Hearing of one ear 8 Hearing of both ears 40 Sight of one eye 20 A loss of a wrist shall be considered as a loss of the hand, and a loss of an elbow considered as a loss of the arm. A loss of an ankle shall be considered as loss of the foot, and a loss of a knee considered as a loss of the leg. A loss of more than one joint shall be considered as a loss of the whole finger or toe, and a loss of only the first joint considered as a loss of one-half the whole finger or toe: Provided, That such loss shall be either the functional loss of the use or physical loss of the member. In cases of permanent partial disability less than the total loss of the member specified in the preceding paragraph, the same monthly income benefit shall be paid for a portion of the period established for the total loss of the member in accordance with the proportion that the partial loss bears to the total loss. If the result is a decimal fraction, the same shall be rounded off to the next higher integer. In cases of simultaneous loss of more than one member or a part thereof as specified in this Article, the same monthly income benefit shall be paid for a period equivalent to the sum of the periods established for the loss of the member or a part thereof. If the result is a decimal fraction, the same shall be rounded off to the next higher integer.