Wilson v. SKW Alloys, Inc.

JOHNSON, Judge:

Kenneth W. Wilson, Jr. (Wilson) seeks review of an opinion of the Worker’s Compensation Board (Board) which affirmed the Administrative Law Judge’s (ALJ) denial of vocational rehabilitation benefits under Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS) 342.710(3). We reverse and remand.

The facts of this case are basically undisputed. On February 11, 1991, twenty-seven-year-old Wilson sustained a herniated disc in a fall while employed as a foundry laborer for SKW Alloys, Inc. (employer), in Calvert City. After back surgery to remove the disc, he was advised by his doctors that it would be…