Shelfer v. Dairymen, Inc.

MINER, Judge.

This is a timely appeal of a workers’ compensation order denying wage loss benefits for claimant’s failure to show that wage loss was causally related to his injury. We reverse with instructions.

In July of 1982, claimant sustained a compensable injury for which he received medical treatment including surgery. The employer/carrier (e/c) paid temporary total disability benefits (TTD) from August 2, 1984 until November 2 of that year when maximum medical improvement was reached. As a consequence of his injury and subsequent surgery, claimant sustained a 20% disability of the body as…