Paul v. North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau

*886SANDSTROM, Justice.

[¶ 1] Ronald Paul appealed from a judgment affirming a North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau decision approving a vocational rehabilitation plan and denying him further disability and vocational rehabilitation benefits. We hold the Bureau erroneously applied a presumption to Paul and placed the burden of proof on him. We reverse and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

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[¶ 2] In August 1985, Paul sustained a low-back injury during the course of his employment as a construction laborer. The Bureau accepted liability and paid disability benefits and medical…