State ex rel. Crocker v. Industrial Commission

{¶ 1} In this workers’ compensation case, the neurologist treating the claimant, Paul Crocker, stated that the claimant’s allowed conditions, bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome and bilateral reflex sympathy dystrophy, would improve. The Industrial Commission rejected that opinion, finding that the claimant had attained maximum medical improvement. Claimant then sought scheduled loss compensation for those conditions. In a new report, the neurologist reiterated his belief that the claimant’s condition would improve. This time, the commission accepted that opinion and denied scheduled loss…