Vargas v. Industrial Com'n of Arizona

OPINION

KLEINSCHMIDT, Judge.

Jesus Vargas injured his knee at work. He appeals an award for a scheduled ten percent permanent partial disability. Vargas contends that his injury should be unscheduled and that the evidence compels a finding of a greater disability than the administrative law judge awarded. We conclude that the injury is a scheduled one, and that Vargas has failed to meet his burden of proving that the administrative law judge incorrectly determined the impairment percentage attributable to the industrial injury. We affirm.

Vargas originally injured his right knee in 1979 while…