Feist v. North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau

NEUMANN, Justice.

[¶ 1] Joseph Feist appealed from a December 5,1996, district court judgment affirming a May 29, 1996, Workers Compensation Bureau decision in which the Bureau determined Feist was not entitled to a higher permanent partial impairment award than he had earlier received, determined Feist was not entitled to a chronic pain evaluation, and affirmed its March 5, 1993, order awarding Feist permanent partial impairment benefits of $3,220. We affirm’.

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[¶ 2] Feist injured his lumbar spine in 1969 and received a 15 percent whole-body permanent partial impairment award. Feist injured…