Bartlett v. Dade County School Board

ALLEN, Judge.

The claimant appeals a workers’ compensation order and contends that the judge erred in finding only a three percent permanent impairment, and denying payment for the claimant’s left shoulder surgery, and failing to establish the claimant’s entitlement to taxable costs. We reverse as to each of these issues, and otherwise affirm the appealed order.

The three percent impairment rating comports with a psychiatrist’s opinion as to the claimant’s psychiatric impairment, but does not appear to account for the claimant’s physical impairment within other medical disciplines. Because it…