Davis v. Stuart

SHAW, Judge.

This appeal, by a workers’ compensation claimant, challenges the deputy commissioner’s order denying her health care benefits from February of 1978 to June of 1980, limiting health care benefits commencing June 29,1980, to $80.00 per week and denying her request for penalties.

In December of 1973, the claimant suffered a compensable injury that required surgery for removal of a disc. Recovery was unremarkable, and she still experiences back pain that radiates into both lower extremities, neck pain that radiates down the arms, a persistent rash, and carpal tunnel syndrome in both…