Legal Opinion
Chavarria v. Basin Moving & Storage
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided January 20, 1999No. 18,704PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WECHSLER, Judge.
{1} Manuel Chavarria (Worker) appeals the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) awarding him benefits based on an impairment rating of 5%. Worker challenges: (1) the assigned impairment rating for Worker’s back injury; (2) the WCJ’s refusal to assign impairment ratings for psychological disorder and chronic pain; (3) the WCJ’s findings allowing reduction of the compensation benefits for reasons of injurious practices; and (4) the WCJ’s exclusion of the testimony of one of Worker’s expert witnesses. For the reasons discussed below, we reverse the WCJ’s…
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