Bohrer v. Weyerhaeuser Co.

Claimant seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order awarding him 75 percent permanent partial disability. Claimant contends that he is permanently and totally disabled under the odd-lot doctrine. We affirm.

Claimant was 55 years old at the time of the hearing and has an eighth-grade education. Most of his work experience has involved manual labor, and he has worked for 24 years for employer, most recently as a sander. In 1984, he sustained a compensable low back injury. Dr. Hockey performed a laminectomy, which gave him only partial relief. In January, 1985, Orthopaedic Consultants…