Martin v. Commonwealth, Department of Labor & Industry, Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

James L. Martin (petitioner) appeals an order of the State Board of Vocational Rehabilitation (Board) which upheld an action of respondent Bureau of Voca*405tional Rehabilitation (Bureau) denying him vocational rehabilitation assistance in the form of financial aid for law school tuition. Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1945, Act of May 22, 1945, P.L. 849, as amended, 43 P.S. §§681.1-. 11; Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Rehabilitation Act), 29 U.S.C. §723(3).1

The petitioner has been diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic in remission. In 1980 he became enrolled in an accredited…