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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="9-656" title_number="9" title_name="Workers' Compensation" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Benefits">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If it appears that a permanent disability of a covered employee following an accidental personal injury or occupational disease is due partly to the accidental personal injury or occupational disease and partly to a preexisting disease or infirmity, the Commission shall determine:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the proportion of the disability that is reasonably attributable to the accidental personal injury or occupational disease; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the proportion of the disability that is reasonably attributable to the preexisting disease or infirmity.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The covered employee:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is entitled to compensation for the portion of the disability of the covered employee that is reasonably attributable solely to the accidental personal injury or occupational disease; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is not entitled to compensation for the portion of the disability that is reasonably attributable to the preexisting disease or infirmity.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
