Woehler v. Packaging Corp. of America

YETKA, Justice.

Employee seeks review of a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals affirming the compensation judge’s denial of compensation for total disability after March 16, 1983, based on his finding that employee has been permanently totally disabled from that date due solely to a lung condition, an impairment caused by severe nonwork-related chronic obstructive lung disease. Although employee contends there is no evidence to support this finding, we have determined that it has substantial support in the evidence as a whole and, consequently, affirm.

Now 56, employee worked…