Walk in with the math already done.
The rating drives the case value, and the side that computes it first frames the negotiation. RateString runs the full 2005 PDRS pipeline — ×1.4 or FEC, occupational variant, age, apportionment, CVC — the day the report lands, prints the DEU-format string, and stands behind every number with an audit trail verified against the DIR’s published examples.
Audit the other side's rating
Paste opposing counsel's rating string — every segment decodes and recomputes against the PDRS tables, including the implied age bracket. Wrong variant, wrong age, bad combine: it surfaces in seconds.
Decode a string →Your rating vs. theirs, line by line
Load both sides' positions on the same case — per-impairment deltas, combined results, and the dollar spread. Paste their string straight in; the compare becomes an exhibit page.
Part of Pro →Court-ready PDFs with the work shown
Rating, string, step-trace appendix, your letterhead. Print-paginated for the board file — the exhibit does the persuading because the math is checkable.
Sample exhibit →The settlement anchor, computed
Weeks, weekly rate, total indemnity, life-pension exposure at 70%+, and the fee estimate — the computable half of every demand and authority memo.
Settlement calculator →2005–2012 FEC and SB 863
Pre-2013 dates rate under the FEC ranks with era-correct caps and the §4658(d) RTW ±15%; 2013+ under the flat ×1.4. Split multi-DOI apportionment rates each date separately, Benson-style.
Open the calculator →Every statutory deadline, from the DOI
The 90-day window, the earliest §5405 date, the §5410 five-year window, the TD outer wall — computed with live day counts. Starting points for the calendar, flagged where counsel judgment applies.
Deadline calculator →The library that's always current
Money chart for any injury year, statutory rate caps, 45 occupational groups, every guide engine-verified — the bookshelf, minus the binders.
All the tools →Built and maintained by a practicing California workers’ comp attorney. Estimates for informational use; verify ratings against the DEU. Not legal advice.
Rating-schedule changes, the moment they land.
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