Dawkins v. Pacific Motor Trucking

The sole issue in this workers’ compensation case is whether claimant is entitled to temporary total disability (TTD) compensation for time loss which occurred after he had suffered an aggravation of a compensable injury that had forced him to leave the labor market. We affirm the Board’s order that claimant is not entitled to TTD.

Claimant is a 61-year-old truck driver who was seriously injured in a job-related accident in August, 1982. He underwent surgery to relieve a subdural hematoma. In June, 1983, two of claimant’s doctors determined that, although his condition had deteriorated since…