Cuccarollo v. Gulf Coast Building Contractors

I dissent. The 33-year-old claimant, while employed as a carpenter, suffered a compensable injury in February 1981. Following claimant’s successful treatment at a pain clinic, his authorized physician recommended that he be discharged as “maximally improved” with a five-percent permanent impairment as of October 23, 1981. Claimant thereafter undertook efforts at rehabilitation, and the employer/carrier (e/c) voluntarily paid rehabilitative benefits, including tuition and all expenses for a year’s study at the commercial art department at Pensacola Junior College. During the summer of 1983,…