Lake Charles Dodge v. LeBlanc

I ^ABORDE, Judge,

concurring.

This court has concluded that a worker by law must be classified as permanently totally disabled, if:

1) the worker presently “is disabled from returning to gainful employment”;

2) his “condition will probably worsen”;

3) there remains significant medical uncertainty whether his “condition will improve enough for him to return to work”; and

4) the hazards of additional trauma are too great to require him to risk future employment.

In reaching its decision, the hearing officer was presented with testimony by a treating neurosurgeon that the claimant is not a good…