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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE SPECIAL WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS PANEL AT NASHVILLE November 27, 2006 Session PHILLIP CROW v. BATESVILLE CASKET COMPANY, INC. and TRAVELERS INSURANCE CO.
Direct Appeal from the Circuit Court for Franklin County No. 10797-CV, J. Curtis Smith, Judge

No. M2005-02627-WC-R3-CV - Mailed - December 20, 2006 Filed - January 23, 2007

This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Tennessee Supreme Court in accordance with Tennessee Code Annotated section 50-6-225(e)(3) for hearing, findings of fact, and conclusions of law. The trial court awarded the employee benefits based on 17.5 percent permanent partial disability to the whole body for an injury to the left shoulder. On appeal, the employer contends that the award of 17.5 percent should be reduced to 7.5 percent based upon an anatomical impairment rating of 3 percent by the employee's treating physician. After a careful review of the record, we find no error in the trial court's award of 17.5 percent vocational disability. Accordingly, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed. Tenn. Code Ann.

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