§ 27-14-406 — Permanent total disability; benefits

(a) Subject to W.S. 27-14-602, upon certification by a
physician licensed to practice surgery or medicine that an
injury results in permanent total disability as defined under
W.S. 27-14-102(a)(xvi), an injured employee shall receive for
eighty (80) months a monthly payment as provided by W.S.
27-14-403(c) and dependent children shall receive an award as
provided by W.S. 27-14-403(b). The eighty (80) month period
shall be reduced by the number of months for which previous
awards under W.S. 27-14-405 were made for the injury that
resulted in the determination of permanent total disability,
with the injured worker receiving the monthly amount calculated
pursuant to W.S. 27-14-403(c) for the balance of the eighty (80)
month period. The monthly payment amount computed under W.S.
27-14-403(c) and any amount awarded under W.S. 27-14-408 shall
constitute the exclusive benefit for both the physical
impairment and the economic loss resulting from an injury,
including loss of earnings, extra expenses associated with the
injury and vocational rehabilitation. An employee shall not
receive benefits under this section if receiving benefits under
W.S. 27-14-404 or 27-14-405.
(b) This section specifies the length of time amounts
computed pursuant to W.S. 27-14-403(c) are to be awarded and
except for amounts awarded under W.S. 27-14-408, shall not be
construed to allow awards in excess of the amounts computed
pursuant to W.S. 27-14-403(c).
(c) Any objection to a final determination pursuant to
this section shall be referred to the medical commission for
hearing by a medical hearing panel acting as hearing examiner
pursuant to W.S. 27-14-616.