State ex rel. Blake v. Industrial Commission

State ex rel. Noll, supra, reiterated the commission’s “responsibility to prepare fact-specific orders which will be meaningful upon review.” Id. at 206, 567 N.E.2d at 248. The commission’s boilerplate recitation of the nonmedical disability factors set forth in State ex rel. Stephenson v. Indus. Comm. (1987), 31 Ohio St.3d 167, 31 OBR 369, 509 N.E.2d 946, would no longer suffice. Instead, the order “must specifically state what evidence has been relied upon to reach its conclusion and, most important, briefly explain the basis of its decision.” Noll, 57 Ohio St.3d at 206, 567 N.E.2d at 249.

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