Koger v. Sheraton Inn

WIGGINTON, Judge.

Claimant appeals from the deputy commissioner’s order denying her claim for permanent total disability benefits. The deputy found claimant capable of doing light work uninterruptedly and concluded that her lack of employment was due to her geographical circumstances, albeit such circumstances were “forced upon her by economic necessity and not by any intention on her part to voluntarily limit her employment.” We reverse.

Since the deputy specifically found that claimant had not voluntarily limited her income, and as he properly found, based on the medical testimony, that…