Leedy v. Knox

The issue in this workers’ compensation case is whether a disabled claimant whose condition is medically stationary and who is eligible for but not yet enrolled and actively participating in an authorized program of vocational rehabilitation is entitled to an interim determination of disability and award of benefits.

Claimant is 51 years old. His employment history is exclusively in unskilled or semi-skilled jobs. This claim arises from compensable injuries sustained in an employment-related automobile accident on March 2, 1976. Claimant had preexisting permanent partial disability from…