Koch v. CRI FEEDERS, STATE INS. FUND

OPINION

ADAMS, Judge.

¶ 1 Claimant David Koch was injured in two separate incidents arising out of and in the course of his employment with CRI Feeders (hereafter Employer collectively with its insurer, the State Insurance Fund). Claims for both injuries were consolidated for trial, and the Workers’ Compensation Court entered an order awarding Claimant permanent partial disability benefits and ordering a vocational rehabilitation evaluation.

¶ 2 After the evaluation, Employer agreed to pay Claimant’s expenses for a vocational rehabilitation retraining program which was to last two years.…