Vista Properties of Vero v. Heumann

WIGGINTON, Judge.

Before us is an appeal from the deputy commissioner’s order establishing claimant’s date of maximum medical improvement and finding him to be permanently and totally disabled. The employer/carrier argue that the deputy erred in “backdating” claimant’s permanent total disability based on his treating psychiatrist’s “retrospective” contemplation of MMI and in light of the fact that claimant had worked for some time during this period of classification. They also maintain the deputy erred in awarding taxable costs and supplemental benefits. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

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