# COMAR Title 14 — Independent Agencies

## Subtitle 09 — Workers' Compensation Commission

### Chapter 09 — Guide for Evaluation of Permanent Disability

#### Regulation .02 Filing Issues.

*COMAR 14.09.09.02*

A. A claimant alleging permanent disability shall file with the Commission an issues form that:

  (1) Explicitly claims permanent partial or permanent total disability;

  (2) Identifies the body parts at issue; and

  (3) Identifies any alleged psychiatric disability.

B. Prior to filing an issues form raising permanent disability, the party filing the issue shall have obtained a written evaluation of permanent impairment prepared by a physician, psychologist, or psychiatrist in accordance with Regulation .03 of this chapter.