Under ss 322(2) and 322(3) of the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 (NSW), the requirement that impairments from the same injury be 'assessed together' does not prevent assessment of stabilised impairments while other impairments from the same incident remain unresolved; the word 'may' in s 322(4) creates a discretion, not an obligation, to defer assessment. A Medical Appeal Panel does not deny procedural fairness by declining an oral hearing or by not calling for further submissions where a party has deliberately filed inadequate submissions as a tactic to force an oral hearing. A bare declaration of error on the face of the record that does not declare any right or identify the error serves no useful purpose and should not be made.
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