Lohr v. State Accident Insurance Fund

Claimant appeals an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) reversing a referee’s finding of permanent total disability and awarding claimant 22.5 degrees for 15 percent loss of the use of his right leg as a result of a compensable knee injury. We reverse the Board.

Claimant is a 42 year old former millworker who injured his right knee in a fall on May 20, 1976. He received immediate medical treatment and returned to work. His knee continued to give him trouble and he was unable to continue working. A right medial menisectomy was performed on April 11, 1977, followed by further knee…