Golden v. Westark Community College

Andree Layton Roaf, Judge.

Bill Golden sustained a compensable injury while at work as a security officer for Westark Community College (Westark). Golden was ultimately assigned a 20% permanent partial disability to the body as a whole. However, the Commission found that Westark was entitled to offset all of Golden’s permanent disability benefits pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § ll-9-522(f) (Repl. 1996), since Golden was over sixty-five and drawing retirement benefits from Social Security. Golden raises four arguments- in his appeal. He claims that (1) Ark. Code Ann. § ll-9-522(f) is…