Boise Cascade Corp. v. Jones

The dispositive issue in this workers’ compensation case is whether a medically stationary claimant who has completed a vocational rehabilitation program is entitled to temporary disability compensation for the period of time following completion of the program and before the Evaluation Division of the Workers’ Compensation Department redetermines his status. The Workers’ Compensation Board affirmed the referee’s determination that claimant was entitled to the compensation. We affirm.

Claimant sustained a compensable injury in 1977, and a referee awarded permanent partial disability in 1980.…