Opinion ID: 3013693
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Post-Trial Attempt to Return to Work

Text: One week later, on January 29, 2002, Colyer underwent a functional capacity evaluation that was required before he could return to work. The functional capacity report by ProCare Rehabilitation (the “ProCare report”) identified “left foot pain” and “difficulty returning to work on a full time, unrestricted basis” as Colyer’s “primary 10 problems” AR 57. It listed a “diagnosis” of “burn dorsal left foot; hammertoe 4th and 5th.” The ProCare report stated that Colyer had attained a “physical demand category” of “light-medium.” Id. It also stated that Colyer’s “symptom magnification test rating” was “high” and that he had not given “maximum effort,” noting that his “actual capacities may be higher vs. reported.” Id. An Addendum to the ProCare report -- dated January 31, two days after the examination -- notes under “Past Medical History” that Colyer reported “bilateral shoulder soreness” and a “left rotator cuff tear” that would require surgery at some time that had not yet been scheduled. The day after the functional capacity examination, January 30, 2002, Colyer’s former supervisor, Bill Miller, called to tell Colyer that, based on the ProCare report, he had been found not fit to return to work.