Case Name: Iraj ZOLGHADR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION and Florida Department of Insurance, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2005-04-15
Citations: 899 So. 2d 488
Docket Number: No. 1D04-1200
Parties: Iraj ZOLGHADR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION and Florida Department of Insurance, Appellees.
Judges: WOLF, C.J., KAHN and POLSTON, JJ., CONCUR.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 899
Pages: 488–489

Head Matter:
Iraj ZOLGHADR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION and Florida Department of Insurance, Appellees.
No. 1D04-1200.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
April 15, 2005.
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.

Opinion:
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. 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.
. The employer/servicing agent administratively accepted claimant as PTD on December 11, 2001.