Opinion ID: 2515991
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Heading: An injured worker who engages in substantially gainful employment during the healing period may still be entitled to temporary partial disability compensation.

Text: ¶ 16 Temporary disability benefits do not automatically cease merely because the injured worker engages in gainful employment during the healing period. [11] An injured worker may be compensated for partial disability during the healing period. [12] ¶ 17 Temporary partial disability (TPD) pertains to that time during the healing period when the injured worker has some capacity to work. [13] The statutory schedule provides for TPD compensation at the rate of seventy percent (70%) of the difference between the employee's average weekly wages and the employee's wage-earning capacity thereafter in the same employment or otherwise . [14] Accordingly, the evidence may establish that an injured worker who engages in substantially gainful employment during the healing period is still entitled to TPD compensation.