with whom CLIFFORD, Justice, joins, dissenting.

I respectfully dissent. Although the hearing officer used the phrase “maximum medical improvement,” he did so in the course of adopting a fact from a portion of the report of the medical examiner retained by the employer. The report could reasonably be understood as suggesting that the employee achieved an end result medically in 1984. I find no reason to assume that the doctor used the phrase in a restricted sense as a legal term of art, and in fact the hearing officer rejected that argument in denying the employee’s proposed findings of fact. When read in accord with its common sense meaning, the record in this case supports the decision. I would affirm.

S.D. Warren Company (“S.D. Warren”) appeals from a Workers’ Compensation Board decision denying its petition for review. Because we conclude that the Board’s findings of fact are inadequate for appellate review, we vacate its decision and remand the pending petition for further findings of fact.

*1353Aquila Bushey suffered a non-compensable burn-injury to his right shin in 1978. In 1982, Bushey suffered a compensable injury when he struck his shin at work, reopening the prior burn. In 1984, Bushey was forced to retire at the age of 58, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement that mandated early retirement after a twelve-month absence from work. On July 26, 1984, the Workers’ Compensation Commission awarded Bushey ongoing total incapacity benefits. See Aquila Bushey v. S.D. Warren Co., No. 85-151 (Me.W.C.C.App.Div. Oct. 9, 1985).

On May 19, 1992, S.D. Warren filed its first petition for review. The Workers’ Compensation Board denied the petition on June 24, 1993. S.D. Warren moved for findings of fact and conclusions of law but that motion was denied.

When a hearing officer denies a motion for findings of fact “we review only ‘the factual findings actually made....’” Rudolph Carroll v. Celsius Contractors, 637 A.2d 111, 112 (Me. 1994), (quoting Ladner v. Mason Mitchell Trucking Co., 434 A.2d 37, 40 (Me. 1981)).1 The decision of the Board states that “[s]ince Bushey both attained maximum medical improvement and retired before the last decision in this case, there has been no change in either his physical or his economic circumstances since that time.” The Board made no findings regarding Bush-ey’s current incapacity other than an assertion that Bushey attained maximum medical improvement in 1984. We hold that a finding that the employee previously attained “maximum medical improvement” is not adequate to support a determination of current incapacity. Maximum medical improvement is a term of art that has relevance with regard to permanent impairment.2 Permanent impairment and incapacity are separate and distinct concepts; a finding of permanent impairment does not preclude a finding of work-capacity. See Bean v. H.E. Sargent Inc., 541 A.2d 944, 946 (Me. 1988); Campbell v. Bates Fabrics, Inc., 422 A.2d 1014, 1015 (Me. 1980); Delorge v. NKL Tanning, Inc., 578 A.2d 1173, 1174 (Me. 1990). Maximum medical improvement is a forecast that an employee will not regain physical function based upon “reasonable medical probability.” 39 M.R.S.A. § 2(14) (1989), repealed and replaced by P.L.1991, ch. 885, § A-7 (effective Jan. 1, 1993), codified as 39-A M.R.S.A. § 102(15) (Supp. 1993) (emphasis added).3 Although a finding of maximum medical improvement may be conclusive for purposes of analyzing permanent impairment, such a finding will not preclude an adjudicative body from determining that the employee has regained work-capacity at a later date.

The Board erroneously interprets the effect of the July 1984 commission decree finding that Bushey reached a point of maximum medical improvement as of January 1, 1984 by relying on Dillingham v. Andover Wood Prods., Inc., 483 A.2d 1232 (Me. 1984), for the proposition that “[i]f there is no change of circumstance, the petition for review must be denied.” Dillingham is distinguishable because it holds that the petitioning party may not relitigate the issue of causation during *1354the same time period litigated in a prior decree. S.D. Warren does not dispute that Bushey’s symptoms are causally related to the prior injury. S.D. Warren argues that Bushey is no longer totally incapacitated by that injury. The petitioning party may prevail on a first petition for review, such as this, by showing the employee’s present level of incapacity, without the need to show changed circumstances. 39 M.R.S.A. § 100.

Because the Board issued inadequate findings of fact and conclusions of law in response to S.D. Warren’s motion, we vacate the decision and remand for further proceedings. Gallant v. Boise Cascade Paper Group, 427 A.2d 976, 978 (Me. 1981); Smith v. Young Women’s Christian Assoc., 438 A.2d 1276, 1278 (Me. 1982). We do not reach the other issues raised in this appeal. On remand, the Board must either specify the facts that support its conclusion that Bushey remains totally incapacitated or reconsider the denial of S.D. Warren’s petition for review.

The entry is:

Decision of the Worker’s Compensation Board vacated. Remanded for further proceedings consistent with the opinion herein.

GLASSMAN and DANA, JJ., concurring.