State ex rel. Corona v. Industrial Commission

Absent a medical inability by claimant to do any sustained remunerative work, the commission in determining permanent total disability must consider two components — medical and nonmedical. State ex rel. Lawrence v. Am. Lubricants Co. (1988), 40 Ohio St.3d 321, 533 N.E.2d 344. A clear indication by the commission of the residual medical capacities it believes the claimant to possess is vital to a nonmedical review, for it is within this framework that vocational factors are analyzed. The lack of a high school diploma may be far less significant to a claimant who is still capable of physical…