Edge v. Jeld-Wen, Inc.

Claimant appeals an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board, claiming that he is permanently and totally disabled. We agree and reverse.

Claimant suffered a compensable injury to his lower back and left leg in August, 1978, for which he underwent a lumbar laminectomy. A determination order awarded him temporary total disability and 15 percent unscheduled disability. Although the employer never contested compensability, the referee, on appeal of the extent of disability, held that claimant had failed to prove that “his complaints are traceable to the compensable injury.” The referee,…