Mesa v. Barker Manufacturing Co.

Claimant seeks reversal of a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, claiming two errors. First, she alleges that the Board erred in holding that employer had acted within its authority in unilaterally recovering an overpayment of temporary total disability payments by deducting it from currently due temporary total disability payments. Second, she alleges that the Board erred in reducing the award of scheduled disability so that claimant would not receive any compensation for her functional overlay. We reverse and remand on the first issue and affirm on the second.

We held in Forney v.…