Phillips v. Liberty Mutual

The issue is whether claimant is entitled to an award for permanent total disability. On de novo review, I would *698affirm the order of the Workers’ Compensation Board. Therefore, I dissent.

No physician has asserted that claimant cannot work or that he is permanently and totally disabled. He does not claim that he suffers from total physical incapacity. In March, 1979, his attending physician, Dr. Chester, indicated that claimant could do sedentary work. Orthopaedic Consultants agreed. In July, 1979, Dr. Chester reported that a return to claimant’s regular work was guarded but that, in…