LEE CONNELL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY v. Swann

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

This is a Workers’ Compensation case for permanent loss of use of the claimant’s left eye.

The claimant sustained a laceration of the cornea on November 24, 1981 for which a surgical procedure was performed in which a cataract was removed and a permanent lens was implanted.

Prior to the surgery, but subsequent to the injury, the claimant had 20/400 (industrially blind) vision of the left eye without the aid of glasses. With glasses he had 20/100 vision. After the lens implant he had 20/40 vision without glasses and 20/20 with glasses. The claimant did not wear glasses…