Workers’ compensation judges do not have the authority to approve a vocational counselor to assess the workplace limitations of an injured worker, a Commonwealth Court panel has ruled in a case of first impression.
Without approval of vocational counselors by the state Department of Labor and Industry through its Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, the court majority ruled in Caso v. WCAB, the judges may not appoint a counselor to serve as an expert in a case.
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