A worker whose degree of disability has been determined under s 93D(10) of the Workers' Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981 (WA) is not confined to seeking reconsideration under s 186 where the worker alleges a deterioration in disability since the prior determination; the worker may make a fresh application under s 93D(5). A determination of degree of disability at one point in time does not give rise to an issue estoppel in respect of a subsequent application based on alleged deterioration, because the question relates to a state of things capable of subsequent alteration and the 'same question' is not raised.
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