Rojas v. MEDLEY HARDWOODS, INC.

In this workers’ compensation case, Claimant raises six points on appeal. Four lack merit (compensability of a “back condition,” exclusion of hospital records and bills, compensability of the second date of accident, and date of maximum medical improvement) and will not be addressed further. The other two, however, warrant reversal.

First, no competent substantial evidence supports the Judge of Compensation Claims’ (JCC’s) finding that Claimant had an eleven percent permanent impairment rating (PIR). The record supports the JCC’s findings that Claimant had a five percent psychiatric PIR and a…