Brockman v. Dade Division-American Hospital Supply

Appellant-claimant appeals a worker’s compensation order awarding her 15% permanent physical impairment of the body as a whole. Appellant contends that the judge of industrial claims was in error in failing to make appropriate findings and render a decision on whether a merger of her com-pensable accident and her preexisting condition occurred so as to entitle her, under Section 440.15(5)(c), Florida Statutes (1977), to a greater disability rating. We find error and reverse.

The judge found that appellant, a research scientist, suffered a compensable accident on March 18, 1977 when she twisted…