Boles v. West Orange Paint & Body

SHIVERS, Senior Judge.

Iran Boles (“Boles”) appeals a workers’ compensation order in which the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) determined Boles had not proven permanent total disability (PTD) status. Finding that the JCC did not articulate adequate findings regarding Boles’ job search efforts after May 24, 1994, we remand for further findings on the job search issue.

Claimant Boles is a thirty-five-year-old laborer who injured his back on April 30, 1993 while working as a detailer for the employer, West Orange Paint & Body. He is functionally illiterate, and his appearance is marred by a…