Under Ohio Law, an injured worker is entitled to statutory Permanent Total Disability when there is a loss of 2 hands, 2 arms, 2 legs, 2 eyes, or a combination of these injuries.
If you have been granted Statutory Permanent Total Disability, that compensation cannot be terminated. Additionally, even if you have been granted Statutory Permanent Total Disability, you are still able to work and earn compensation. This is different than “regular” Permanent Total Disability, under which the injured worker is not permitted to work.
The definition of work can be performing actions that are construed as work whether payment for the action is or is not made.
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