Nyre v. F & R Leasing

Claimant seeks review of a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board that reduced his award of 100% permanent partial disability for a low back injury to 65% permanent partial disability.

The findings of the referee, not expressly altered by the Board’s decision, are that, as a result of his compensable injury, claimant needs retraining and that he cannot be retrained because of his noncompensable cervical condition, which came about after the injury. Reasoning that he was required to rate disability as of the date of the hearing, the referee concluded that, because claimant could not work…