Impairment Ratings & IMEs in St. Louis, MO
Missouri permanent partial disability findings and federal schedule award ratings are not the same exercise, and a rating written for the wrong system gets challenged. Our ratings show the measurements, the edition and the tables used, so the conclusion can be checked line by line.
Restore Muscle and Joint — St. Louis — 4225 Bayless Ave, St. Louis, MO 63123
Why local matters
Impairment Ratings & IMEs for St. Louis employers and workers
Our St. Louis clinic on Bayless Avenue in south county is close to the manufacturing, logistics and federal employment base that drives work injuries across the region — from the Riverport and Earth City distribution centers to hospital systems, municipal crews and the federal workforce spread across the metro. St. Louis claims are almost all Missouri DWC or federal FECA/OWCP.
- Certified 6th Edition impairment rating available in St. Louis
- Missouri DWC PPD findings and federal OWCP schedule award support handled distinctly
- Independent, defensible reports for employers, TPAs and injured workers alike
What is included
- Permanent partial impairment ratings under the applicable AMA Guides edition
- Maximum medical improvement determinations
- Second opinion examinations
- Independent medical evaluations
- Narrative reports written for the claim file and hearing record
- Records review with a written opinion where no examination is needed
Local employers we work with
Industries driving St. Louis work injuries
Federal employment and postal operations
Carriers, clerks, VA and federal facility staff filing under FECA/OWCP.
Logistics and distribution
Earth City, Riverport and I-55 corridor warehouses — lifting, ladder and repetitive-motion injuries.
Manufacturing and aerospace supply
Hand, wrist and shoulder injuries across the region's production and supplier base.
Healthcare and hospital systems
Patient-handling injuries, exposures and back injuries across the region's large hospital employers.
Municipal, school district and transit crews
Public works, custodial, grounds and driver injuries in south county and St. Charles.
Construction and skilled trades
Falls, struck-by injuries and knee and shoulder injuries on commercial sites.
Which rules apply in St. Louis, MO
Most St. Louis work injuries are Missouri state claims, administered by the Missouri Division of Workers' Compensation. In Missouri, the employer or its insurer generally has the right to direct medical care, so we verify authorization before treatment and document to DWC standards, including reporting timelines and permanent partial disability findings. Federal claims — postal, VA and other federal employees — are administered by OWCP under FECA, on a different form set and a different timeline. Federal employees filing under FECA choose their own initial treating physician — that right belongs to the worker, not to the agency and not to us.
Missouri ratings follow the edition of the AMA Guides applied under Missouri DWC practice; Kansas ratings follow the edition adopted by Kansas statute. Federal ratings follow OWCP's stated standard. Under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, an injured federal employee chooses their own initial treating physician. Nothing on this page should be read as an agency directing an employee's choice of provider.
Questions
St. Louis impairment ratings & imes questions
Communities we serve from this clinic
Also available in Kansas City, MO
The same impairment ratings & imes service runs out of our Kansas City clinic under that market's own rules and referral routes.