IRAJ ZOLGHADR v. STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION and FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA IRAJ ZOLGHADR, NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED Appellant, v. CASE NO. 1D04-1200 STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION and FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, Appellees. _____________________________/ Opinion filed April 15, 2005. An appeal from an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims. Kathryn S. Pecko, Judge. Mark L. Zientz and Andrea Cox, of Law Offices of Mark L. Zientz, P.A., Miami, for appellant. David A. McCranie, of McCranie & Lower, P.A., Jacksonville, for appellees. PER CURIAM. Claimant challenges the order of the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) rejecting his request for a commencement date for his permanent total disability (PTD) benefits of June 8, 2000.1 We conclude that the JCC should have awarded claimant additional PTD benefits based on a commencement date of July 7, 2000, because the record lacks competent substantial evidence supporting the JCC s rejection of the November 23, 1999, psychiatric maximum medical improvement (MMI) date previously established by stipulation of the parties. The record supports the JCC s finding that claimant reached physical MMI on July 7, 2000. We, therefore, reverse with directions to the JCC to award the requested additional PTD benefits beginning July 7, 2000. WOLF, C.J., KAHN and POLSTON, JJ., CONCUR. 1 The employer/servicing agent administratively accepted claimant as PTD on December 11, 2001. 2
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