{"id":154,"date":"2014-03-14T16:02:38","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T20:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.floridainjuryattorneysblawg.com\/?p=154"},"modified":"2017-04-11T17:32:22","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T21:32:22","slug":"obtaining-permanent-total-disability-ptd-benefits-floridas-workers-compensation-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joannhoffman.com\/blog\/obtaining-permanent-total-disability-ptd-benefits-floridas-workers-compensation-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Obtaining Permanent Total Disability (PTD) Benefits under Florida\u2019s Workers\u2019 Compensation System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joannhoffman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/back-injury-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-160\" alt=\"back-injury\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joannhoffman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/back-injury-1-300x150.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joannhoffman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/back-injury-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.joannhoffman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/back-injury-1-240x120.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.joannhoffman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/back-injury-1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Obtaining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joannhoffman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1717058.html\">permanent total disability<\/a> (PTD) benefits under Florida\u2019s workers\u2019 compensation system may not be as hard as previously thought.\u00a0 The First District Court of Appeals affirmed the Judge of Compensation Claims\u2019 Final Compensation Order in the case of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Hicks v. Redwine Properties, Inc.<\/span>, JCC Case No. 11-005849MRH.\u00a0\u00a0 In that case, the claimant (injured worker) was a 58-year-old man with a high school education.\u00a0 He sustained a work-related injury to his right shoulder including a rotator cuff and bicep tear and impingement of the right shoulder. \u00a0He underwent surgery and was placed on modified duty with permanent work restrictions of no repetitive reaching or lifting above the shoulder level and a 20 pound lifting limit below the shoulder level with the right arm.\u00a0 The claimant began his job search when he was released to return to work in January 2011.\u00a0 According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fljcc.org\/JCC\/\">Judge of Compensation Claims<\/a>, the claimant performed an extensive job search and he applied for all the jobs referred to him by a vocational expert.\u00a0 Despite all this, the claimant was unable to find any sort of employment. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joannhoffman.com\/blog\/obtaining-permanent-total-disability-ptd-benefits-floridas-workers-compensation-system\/#more-154\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obtaining permanent total disability (PTD) benefits under Florida\u2019s workers\u2019 compensation system may not be as hard as previously thought.\u00a0 The First District Court of Appeals affirmed the Judge of Compensation Claims\u2019 Final Compensation Order in the case of Hicks v. Redwine Properties, Inc., JCC Case No. 11-005849MRH.\u00a0\u00a0 In that case, the claimant (injured worker) was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[34,35,36,37,33],"class_list":["post-154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-workers-compensation","tag-employment","tag-good-faith-unsuccessful-job-search","tag-permanent-total-disability","tag-ptd","tag-workers-compensation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Obtaining Permanent Total Disability (PTD) Benefits under Florida\u2019s Workers\u2019 Compensation System &#8212; Florida Injury Attorneys Blog &#8212; March 14, 2014<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Obtaining permanent total disability (PTD) benefits under Florida\u2019s workers\u2019 compensation system may not be as hard as previously thought.\u00a0 The First &#8212; 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