Pantry Pride v. Gonzalez

McCORD, Judge.

Employer/carrier appeals from a workers’ compensation order awarding to appel-lee a 35% permanent partial disability based on a 15% physical impairment and a 20% functional impairment. We reverse and remand.

On January 21,1976, appellee suffered an industrial accident, injuring his lower back. His treating physician testified, and the Judge of Industrial Claims found, that ap-pellee suffered a 15% permanent partial disability of the body as a whole.

At the time of the accident, appellee’s job required that he be able to lift. In his postaccident reports, the treating physician,…