Wagner v. Workers' Compensation Division

The appellant, Martha Wagner, appeals an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board concluding that she suffered no additional permanent partial disability as a result of a compensable work injury she sustained on January 25, 1993. Ms. Wagner had earlier received an award of 22% for permanent partial disability resulting from a similar back injury she sustained in 1982. On appeal, Ms. Wagner argues that the Workers’ Compensation Division improperly calculated her current level of permanent partial disability by subtracting from her current level of whole person medical impairment the…