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Cargill12/20/2000
ck injury. This purported agreement was evidenced by an internal Cargill memo prepared after the settlement of Conley's grievance that arose after his second back injury. In this memo, Cargill states that Conley could return to his previous job, but that if he sustained another back injury, Cargill "may place on a medically restricted job." This memo was not signed by Conley and Conley disputed that he had agreed to job restrictions at Cargill's discretion should he suffer a third back injury. The deputy did not mention this agreement in his findings. Therefore, consistent with our rule that we interpret the agency's findings broadly so as to support its decision, see Hodgins, 461 N.W.2d at 455, we conclude that the agency did not find that Conley had voluntarily agreed to these restrictions. Because there is substantial evidence in the record to support a finding that Conley did not agree to future job limitations, we disregard this argument in assessing the evidentiary support for the agency's decision.
We hold that there was substantial evidence to support the commissioner's decision that Conley had a twenty-percent industrial disability. Therefore, we reverse the decision of the district court that reversed the commissioner's award of permanent partial disability benefits and remand to the court for entry of an order affirming the commissioner's decision.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
McGiverin, S.J.*, participates in place of Neuman, J., who takes no part. *Senior judge assigned by order pursuant to Iowa Code section 602.9206 (1999).
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