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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="9-608" title_number="9" title_name="Workers' Compensation" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Benefits">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commission shall determine the percentage that an occupational disease contributed to the death or disability of a covered employee when:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the occupational disease is aggravated by another disease or infirmity that is not compensable; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the occupational disease accelerates, aggravates, prolongs, or in any way contributes to a disability or death from a cause that is not compensable.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The compensation payable shall be reduced to the percentage of the compensation that would have been payable if the occupational disease had been the sole cause of the death or disability that equals the percentage that the occupational disease contributed to the death or disability, as determined by the Commission under subsection (a) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>As may be in the best interest of the covered employee under the circumstances of the case, the Commission shall reduce the compensation to the percentage required by paragraph (1) of this subsection by reducing:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the number of weekly or monthly payments; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the amount of the payments.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
