Opinion ID: 2621671
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: Termination of Temporary Total Disability

Text: ¶ 22 Rule 15 prescribes the procedure for how temporary compensation may be terminated. Subsection A addresses those situations where compensation may be terminated without a court order. The terms of subsection (A)3 [45] the only provision that initially appears to have any possible relevance allow for termination without a new court order when the claimant files a PPD evaluation report. Claimant requested a hearing on the issues of PPD and TTD on 6 May 2002, [46] but its filing has no impact on today's controversy because the terms of the April 2001 order expired shortly before that request was brought. More importantly, the employer filed its own motion to terminate TTD prior to the expiration of the April 2001 order. This alone alters the issue's procedural posture. ¶ 23 Where Rule 15(A) and (B) [47] do not apply, subsection (C) [48] is pertinent [i]n all other events, ... only as follows. [49] Its terms require an employer move for termination of TTD. The motion may be accompanied by a physician's report. An employee who objects to termination must request a hearing. The burden of proof to terminate a continuing TTD award rests on the movant. C.