---
title: "Extract findings for a Wrongs Act significant-injury assessment"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/summarise-medical-reports-for-a-whole-person-impairment-assessment/victoria"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-B8-2-VIC"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["VIC"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Extract findings for a Wrongs Act significant-injury assessment

> Extract the diagnosis, the body part, the assessor and the permanent impairment figure from the reports the lawyer supplies.…

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-25

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Extract the diagnosis, the body part, the assessor and the permanent impairment figure from the reports the lawyer supplies. The tool does not decide whether the injury is significant, and it does not apply a transport-accident or workplace guide. |
| What the lawyer must review | Use the A.M.A. Guides (Fourth Edition) other than Chapter 15, as modified under the Part. An approved medical practitioner or a Medical Panel assessment is required. The tool's extract is not that assessment. Keep the reports in a firm-controlled tool. Apply ASCR r 9, APP 11 and the notifiable-breach test. |
| Written for | Victoria |
| Applies to | [Summarise medical reports for a whole-person impairment assessment](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/summarise-medical-reports-for-a-whole-person-impairment-assessment.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

The lawyer checks every extracted figure against the report and decides whether Part VBA applies.

- What the AI does: Extract the diagnosis, the body part, the assessor and the permanent impairment figure from the reports the lawyer supplies. The tool does not decide whether the injury is significant, and it does not apply a transport-accident or workplace guide.
- What the lawyer does: Confirm Part VBA applies, check each figure, and decide the threshold consequence.
- Who reviews: Lawyer competent in this practice area
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 23 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Record the section 28LB definition: Fourth Edition, other than Chapter 15, as modified by or under the Part.
2. Separate more than 5 per cent, 5 per cent or more for spinal injury, and 10 per cent or more for psychiatric injury. Do not combine them.
3. Check whether the assessor is an approved medical practitioner as section 28LB defines that term, or whether a Medical Panel has determined the threshold.
4. Do not use this extract for a claim excluded by section 28LC, including a Transport Accident Act Part 3, 6 or 10 claim and a Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Part 5 claim.

## Notes

- Impairment in section 28LB means permanent impairment.
- A transport-accident or WorkSafe impairment benefit uses its own guide. That guide was not applied here.
- Keep health, wage and scheme records in a firm-controlled tool. Apply ASCR r 9 and APP 11, and consider whether any breach is notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic), Part VBA significant-injury assessment

**Deliverable**: A table of diagnoses and impairment figures with report references, for the lawyer's threshold check.

**Inputs**

- Medical reports selected by the lawyer
- Whether the claim is a Part VBA claim or an excluded scheme claim
- The current section 28LB definition of the A.M.A. Guides

**Example**: Illustrative example: A report states 6 per cent for a shoulder and uses a later edition. The table records the figure and the edition. The lawyer decides whether it can be used for a Part VBA threshold. The tool does not call the injury significant.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The report does not state a permanent impairment figure.
- The claim is a transport-accident or workplace claim excluded by section 28LC.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic), authorised version 130](https://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/in-force/acts/wrongs-act-1958/130) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic), section 28LB](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/wa1958111/s28lb.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic), section 28LC](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/wa1958111/s28lc.html) (checked 2026-10-23)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Material for a Victorian WorkSafe Medical Panel](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/victorian-worksafe-medical-panel-material.md) | Letter | Yellow | Index and statutory questions for a Medical Panel under the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013, for an impairment dispute or a court referral. |
| [Material for a Victorian Wrongs Act Medical Panel](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/victorian-wrongs-act-medical-panel-material.md) | Letter | Yellow | Claimant's index where a respondent may refer a significant-injury question to a Medical Panel, which states whether the threshold is met and not a percentage. |
| [Permanent impairment claim form (SIRA): lump sum workers compensation](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-nsw-sira-permanent-impairment-claim.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to SIRA's permanent impairment claim form, with the form's own threshold words set beside the 11% and 15% figures on SIRA's current permanent impairment page. |
| [Material for a Queensland Medical Assessment Tribunal](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/queensland-medical-assessment-tribunal-material.md) | Letter | Yellow | Worker's index of documents for an insurer's referral to a Medical Assessment Tribunal, with the exchange times and the permanent-impairment questions the Act states. |
| [TAC impairment application form (Impairment Assessment Protocols 2026): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-vic-tac-impairment-application.md) | Form | Yellow | Guide to the TAC form lawyers use to request an impairment assessment under Part 3 of the Transport Accident Act 1986 and the Impairment Assessment Protocols 2026. |
| [Index for a NSW Personal Injury Commission medical assessment](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/nsw-pic-medical-assessment-bundle.md) | Letter | Yellow | Working index and list of matters for a Personal Injury Commission medical assessment, in the workers compensation or motor accidents division, not a letter to the assessor. |
| [WorkSafe worker's claim for impairment benefits: completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-vic-worksafe-impairment-benefits.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the WorkSafe form a worker uses to claim compensation for permanent impairment from a work injury, which the claims manual treats as a non-economic loss claim. |
| [Victorian WorkSafe impairment benefit: stability checklist](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/vic-worksafe-impairment-benefit-checklist.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Checklist and short letter asking a WorkSafe agent to assess a permanent impairment benefit once the injury is stable. The public page states no percentage, so this checklist states none. |
| [Magistrates' Court WorkCover referral to a Medical Panel: completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-vic-mcv-medical-panel-referral.md) | Form | Red | Link to the Magistrates' Court form parties or their practitioners complete and submit with an application to refer a WorkCover matter to a Medical Panel. |
| [County Court notice of intention to refer a medical question to a Medical Panel: guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-vic-ccv-medical-question-notice.md) | Form | Red | Guide to the County Court notice of intention to refer a medical question to a Medical Panel in a serious injury application for a work injury, from the Common Law Division Practice Note of 9… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*