Ernie Haire Ford, Inc. v. Hamilton

WIGGINTON, Judge.

We affirm the deputy’s award of permanent total disability benefits and find no error in the deputy’s rejection of Dr. Rupert Schroeder’s testimony.

The evidence is competent and substantial to support the deputy’s finding that claimant is permanently and totally disabled. Claimant’s testimony, in conjunction with that of Dr. Murphy and the rehabilitation nurse, establishes that claimant is unable to do even light work uninterruptedly, and that his possible return to work is speculative and could only be in sheltered *556employment. Drummond v. Plumbing Corporation of America, 428…