Brech v. SAIF Corp.

Claimant petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board denying him permanent total disability and awarding him 85 percent scheduled disability for the loss of use of his left leg. We review de novo and hold that claimant is permanently and totally disabled.

Claimant is 62 years old and has worked for 33 years, since his discharge from military service, as a carpenter.' He suffered a compensable knee injury in 1978, for which he underwent several surgeries, including a knee replacement in 1981. He testified that he cannot stand for more than 15 minutes at a time, nor walk…