Low v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N OF ARIZONA

OPINION

KLEINSCHMIDT, Judge.

This is a special action review of an Industrial Commission award for scheduled permanent partial disability. The issue presented is whether a permanent shoulder impairment, the rating of which was based solely on restricted arm motion, is a scheduled or an unscheduled disability. Because we find that legally it is an unscheduled disability, we set aside the award.

The petitioner (claimant), a waitress, slipped and fell on her left arm while at work. She dislocated her left shoulder. She was treated by Dr. James Frye, an orthopedic surgeon, until April, 1982, when he…