| Date: | 06/11/2001 |
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| Organization: | Department of Industrial Accidents |
| Docket Number: | DIA Board No. 053149-97 |
| Location: | Boston |
- Employee: Amy Storch
- Employer: Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- Insurer: Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
MAZE-ROTHSTEIN, J. The employee appeals from a decision that reduced her weekly compensation benefits from G.L. c. 152, §34 temporary total to §35 partial weekly incapacity benefits, based on an assigned earning capacity of $276.51 per week. The employee contends that equating her unpaid part-time psychotherapy work with profitable employment of that nature was error. Because we agree with the judge that the employee’s self-employment for charity could rightly be assessed as part of the employee’s vocational profile, we affirm the decision.