{"data":{"id":"us-nm/52-1-25","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"52-1-25","heading":"Permanent total disability.","body":"A. As used in the Workers' Compensation Act, \"permanent total disability\" means:\n(1) the permanent and total loss or loss of use of both hands or both arms or both feet or both legs or both eyes or any two of them; or\n(2) a brain injury resulting from a single traumatic work-related injury that causes, exclusive of the contribution to the impairment rating arising from any other impairment to any other body part, or any preexisting impairments of any kind, a permanent impairment of thirty percent or more as determined by the current American medical association guide to the evaluation of permanent impairment.\nB. In considering a claim for total disability, a workers' compensation judge shall not receive or consider the testimony of a vocational rehabilitation provider offered for the purpose of determining the existence or extent of disability.","path":["Chapter 52 - Workers' Compensation","ARTICLE 1 Workers' Compensation"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18555/index.do","current_through":"2026-05-20","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:20Z","sha256":"6a72ecb36447eb23667b03e4ae87b505c0ea48441658ece32b23689e85fb469f","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/52-1-24.1","next":"us-nm/52-1-25.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}