Wroten v. Lamphere

This is a workers’ compensation case in which the claimant appeals a decision of the Commissioner of Labor and Industry (Commissioner) denying his claim for temporary total disability compensation through the period of his vocational rehabilitation.

The claimant suffered a work-related back injury on June 9, 1980. He received treatment from a number of physicians through late 1982 in conjunction with a difficult recovery from his injury. In early 1982, because of claimant’s lack of healing progress, his case was referred to Stephanie Andrew, a rehabilitation nurse hired by the employer’s…