At the December 9, 2009 meeting, the Board of Directors approved the retirement of Workers’ Compensation Reporter Decision No. 99 Re Degeneration of the Spine from policy.

The retirement of this Decision eliminates multiple sources of policy, reducing confusion and complexity in the workers' compensation system. With this most recent retirement, 422 of the 423 Decisions have been retired from policy status, and only one remains to be considered.

The retirement of Decision No. 99 was effective January 1, 2010.