In a divided decision, a New York appellate court recently affirmed a Board determination that a claimant, who had earlier been awarded PPD benefits and whose condition apparently worsened so...
Divided NY Appellate Court Finds Claimant's Need of Surgery Insufficient to Show Worsening Condition Divided NY Appellate Court Finds Claimant's Need of Surgery Insufficient to Show Worsening ConditionIf It Weren’t For Bad Luck, She’d Have No Luck at All An Oklahoma workers’ compensation claimant is entitled to additional benefits following a bizarre incident in which she sustained...
Oklahoma Claimant Awarded Additional Benefits After Freak Accident at Medical Facility Oklahoma Claimant Awarded Additional Benefits After Freak Accident at Medical FacilityBecause an injured worker offered no evidence, other than her own testimony, that her gastric bypass surgery had been beneficial to her work-related injury, it was error to find the...
Iowa: Court Finds Evidence Does Not Support Requiring Employer to Bear Expense of Gastric Bypass Surgery Iowa: Court Finds Evidence Does Not Support Requiring Employer to Bear Expense of Gastric Bypass SurgeryA worker, who lost the use of his legs in 1965 in a work-related accident, and who was thereafter confined to a wheelchair, is not entitled to additional workers compensation...
Ohio: Trauma Induced Stroke Sustained In Fall From Wheelchair Is Not Compensable Aggravation of Original Injury Ohio: Trauma Induced Stroke Sustained In Fall From Wheelchair Is Not Compensable Aggravation of Original InjuryRecognizing that no matter how competent and reasonable a commission or board’s determination of a claimant’s medical condition and level of disability might be at the time of a hearing,...
Virginia Court: Removal of Ankle Prosthesis, Without its Replacement, Does Not Trigger Reopening Statute Virginia Court: Removal of Ankle Prosthesis, Without its Replacement, Does Not Trigger Reopening Statute