Nelson v. Food Lion, Inc.

EAGLES, Judge.

In this workers’ compensation action plaintiff argues that the Industrial Commission (Commission) should have found that the ankle injury she suffered on 21 June 1986 was compensable under the Act because it was a direct and natural result of a previous compensable ankle injury. We hold that the Commission’s findings of fact are insufficient because they do not address whether or not plaintiffs injury was caused or related to her earlier injury for which she had been compensated. Accordingly, we vacate and remand for additional findings of fact.

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