Edwards v. Harold L. Harris Construction

JOHNSON, Justice.

This is a workers’ compensation case. The primary issue presented is the propriety of the Industrial Commission’s apportionment of permanent partial disability following an industrial injury, when there was preexisting physical impairment.

Based on Weygint v. J.R. Simplot Co., 123 Idaho 200, 846 P.2d 202 (1993), we vacate the Commission’s apportionment, because the Commission did not provide a sufficient rationale for its apportionment to allow review on appeal. We decline the invitation to address whether I.C. § 72-719 permits the Commission to increase a prior award, because…