Legal Opinion
Brooks v. Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 21, 1996PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELTON, Senior Judge.
Janis Brooks (Brooks) petitions for review of a final determination of the Executive Director of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) which denied Brooks’ request for further vocational rehabilitation services. We affirm.
Issues
The issues presented on appeal as framed by Brooks are whether OVR violated Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Federal Act), 29 U.S.C. § 794(a), by relying on an internal policy of not providing reimbursement for chiropractic treatment and travel expenses related thereto in denying her request for further rehabilitative…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Harmony Volunteer Fire Co. v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Manley v. Office of Vocational RehabilitationCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Martin v. Commonwealth, Department of Labor & Industry, Bureau of Vocational RehabilitationCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Stevenson v. COM., DEPT. OF LABOR & IND.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Stevenson v. Commonwealth, Department of Labor & IndustryCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
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