Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2013-10-09 20:29:27.608581+00
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COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA

Present:   Judges Koontz, Bray and Senior Judge Hodges

ALONZO E. MURPHY

v.   Record No. 2314-94-2                        MEMORANDUM OPINION *
                                                     PER CURIAM
FRANK IX & SONS, INC.                               MAY 23, 1995
AND
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY

                                        FROM THE VIRGINIA WORKERS'
COMPENSATION COMMISSION
            (Edmund R. Michie; Michie, Hamlett, Lowry, Rasmussen &
            Tweel, on briefs), for appellant.

            (R. Ferrell Newman; Glenn S. Phelps; Thompson,
            Smithers, Newman & Wade, on brief), for appellees.

     Alonzo E. Murphy contends that the Workers' Compensation

Commission erred in finding that (1) it could not award permanent

partial disability benefits because Murphy was entitled to and

was receiving temporary total disability benefits under an open

award; and (2) Murphy failed to establish entitlement to

permanent partial disability benefits because he failed to prove

that he had reached maximum medical improvement.      Upon reviewing

the record and the briefs of the parties, we conclude that this

appeal is without merit.    Accordingly, we summarily affirm the

commission's decision.    Rule 5A:27.

     Code § 65.2-503(F)(1) provides that "[c]ompensation awarded

pursuant to this section shall be in addition to all other

     *
      Pursuant to Code § 17-116.010 this opinion is not
designated for publication.
compensation and shall be payable after payments for temporary

total incapacity pursuant to § 65.2-500."   (Emphasis added.)

     The commission denied Murphy an award of permanent partial

disability benefits, finding that his case for permanency was

premature because he was still receiving temporary total

disability benefits under an open award.    Based upon the language

of Code § 65.2-503(F)(1), we cannot say as a matter of law that

the commission erred in finding that Murphy's claim for permanent

partial disability was premature.   Moreover, pursuant to Code

§ 65.2-708(A), Murphy has "thirty-six months from the last day

for which compensation was paid" for filing a claim payable under

§ 65.2-503.
     Because our holding disposes of this appeal, we will not

address the second question presented by Murphy.

     For the reasons stated, we affirm the commission's decision.

                                    Affirmed.

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