Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority v. Ledbetter

Beasley, Judge.

On January 16, 1982, the appellee, Allen Ledbetter, injured his back in the course of his employment with the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. For approximately two weeks he received workers’ compensation income benefits, which were suspended upon his return to work. Ledbetter made no further claim for benefits until April 22, 1985, when his attorney contacted the State Board of Workers’ Compensation, requesting a hearing on a change in condition claim for permanent partial disability. The administrative law judge’s award of benefits for a twenty percent permanent…