Florida Rock Industries, Inc. v. Beach

PER CURIAM,

The deputy erred in awarding workers’ compensation disability benefits based on physical impairment to the body as a whole under section 440.15(3)(u), Florida Statutes (1978 Supp.), because there is no substantial competent evidence of any permanent injury to any unscheduled part of the body. Accordingly, the deputy’s award must be limited to the scheduled benefits under section 440.15(3)(s) for lost use of a leg, based on the highest impairment rating testified to by any physician, 7 percent of the left leg. Baird-Ray Datsun v. Butler, 400 So.2d 1038 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981); section…