Williams v. Gates, McDonald & Co.

Claimant seeks judicial review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order that found that her memory loss and mild dementia are not causally related to her compensable upper back injury. We affirm.

Claimant was injured in March, 1978, while working for Owens Illinois Corporation in a job which required repetitive lifting. She saw a series of physicians after the injury. They prescribed conservative treatment, but she continued to have severe pain in her right shoulder and arm. She was ultimately referred to Dr. Misko, a neurosurgeon, who recommended a discectomy and spinal fusion at the C5-6…