Wyckoff v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

CLABORNE, Presiding Judge.

This is a special action review of an Arizona Industrial Commission award terminating temporary benefits with a 20% scheduled disability compensated at 75% of the average monthly wage and denying reopening of the claim. Because the disability classification should have been unscheduled and insufficient evidence supported denial of reopening, we set aside the award.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In 1977, after serving some twenty-two years in the United States Marine Corps, petitioner employee (claimant) was involuntarily discharged because of a 10% military…