| Date: | 05/29/2002 |
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| Organization: | Department of Industrial Accidents |
| Docket Number: | DIA Board No. 044058-97 |
| Location: | Boston |
- Employee: Barbara Carraturo
- Employer: Springfield Wire, Inc.
- Insurer: AIM Mutual Insurance Co.
WILSON, J. The employee appeals from a decision in which an administrative judge denied her claim for permanent and total incapacity benefits and, instead, awarded partial incapacity benefits with an earning capacity of $240.00 per week. The employee argues that the judge failed to employ a sufficient vocational assessment under Scheffler’s Case, 419 Mass. 251 (1994), and that the judge erred by excluding the expert testimony of her vocational rehabilitation counselor. We summarily affirm the decision regarding the first issue, and affirm the decision as to the vocational expert issue for the reasons that follow.