Myron L. Robbins v. Graphic Packaging International, et al.

This workers’ compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tennessee Code Annotated section 50-6- 225(e)(3) for a hearing and a report of findings of fact and conclusions of law to the Supreme Court. The trial court awarded 50% permanent partial disability to the body as a whole to the employee. The employer asserts that the trial court erred by finding that the employee sustained a compensable aggravation of his pre-existing congenital condition. In the alternative, the employer contends that the trial court erred by finding that the employee did not have a meaningful return to work and by awarding more than two and one-half times the medical impairment under Tennessee Code Annotated section 50-6-241(a). We affirm the finding of compensability, reverse the finding that the employee did not have a meaningful partial disability to the body as a whole.