Watkins v. Ampak Mining, Inc.

HOWERTON, Judge.

Everett Watkins petitions for review of a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board reversing and remanding an order of the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) who had granted Watkins income benefits for 425 weeks upon a 75 percent disability from occupational pneumoconiosis, pursuant to KRS 342.732(l)(b). The Board determined that Watkins’ award must be limited to retraining incentive benefits (RIB) under KRS 342.732(l)(a). We agree and affirm.

Watkins filed a claim for permanent occupational disability resulting from coal workers’ pneumoconiosis. The facts are generally…