Brown v. Race & Race

The claimant Brown appeals an order of the deputy commissioner assigning a 35% permanent partial disability (PPD) rating based on loss of wage earning capacity. Claimant contends that the evidence compels a finding that he is permanently and totally disabled (PTD) based on his loss of wage earning capacity. From the record before us we are unable to determine the basis for the order which rejects that contention and concludes that claimant, due to “impairment, . . . age, education, work history, and marketable skills,” is now “capable of obtaining and holding . . . sedentary minimum wage…