Bockness v. Brown Jug, Inc.

OPINION

FABE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Ray Bockness appeals the partial denial of workers’ compensation benefits for a work-related back injury.. The Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board found that Bockness’s employer, Brown Jug, Inc., did not need to pay for chiropractic treatments beyond those authorized by 5 AAC 45.082 or for more than six weeks of injection therapy. The superior court affirmed. Because the Board correctly applied the law to Bockness’s claim and because substantial evidence exists to support the Board’s decision, we affirm.

II. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Ray Boekness, an employee of…