State ex rel. Value City Department Stores v. Industrial Commission

{¶ 1} The 1997 workers’ compensation claim of appellee-claimant Connie Lunsford was allowed for laceration of her left foot and ankle, and reflex sympathetic dystrophy was later added to her claim. She received temporary total disability compensation (“TTC”).

{¶ 2} In February 1999, a peripheral nerve stimulator was permanently implanted in claimant’s left leg. Relief, however, was intermittent, prompting her attending physician, Dr. Michael Stanton-Hicks, to recommend surgical revision of the leads on her stimulator.

{¶ 3} In the meantime, claimant’s employer, appellant, Value City Department…