Held v. North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau

NEUMANN, Justice.

Edwin Held appeals from a district court judgment which affirmed a Workers Compensation Bureau decision awarding him vocational rehabilitation benefits. We affirm.

Held hurt his back in June 1990 while employed as an auto service technician at O.K. Tire Store in Bismarck. The Bureau accepted Held’s claim and paid medical and disability benefits. Held returned to work but reinjured his back in October 1992. He was unable to return to his prior job. His treating physician recommended vocational rehabilitation services.

A vocational consultant recommended, as the first appropriate…