Karr v. State Accident Insurance Fund Corp.

Claimant seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order affirming the referee’s decision that he was not entitled to temporary total disability after his retirement.

Claimant injured his back on the job in July, 1980, while working for the Linn County Road Department. He underwent a long period of treatment and tried unsuccessfully many times to return to work. In October, 1982, the county asked claimant, then age 61, if he had plans to retire, and he indicated that he did not. In June, 1983, the county advised him that it had no work for him because of his physical limitations.

In July,…