Jones v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office

Opinion by

Judge KAPELKE.

Dale E. Jones, claimant, seeks review of the final order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Office (Panel) which subtracted the amount of attorney fees from his Social Security payment before calculating the offset for his disability payments from Colorado Compensation Insurance Authority (CCIA). We affirm.

The claimant was awarded Social Security benefits of $30,845.14. Attorney fees of $4,000 were withheld from the award, resulting in a payment of $26,845.14 to the claimant. When CCIA calculated the offset pursuant to § 8-42-103(l)(c)(I), C.R.S. (1994 Cum.Supp.), and St.…