Darling Store Fixtures v. McDonald

Melvin Mayfield, Judge.

The appellee, Rayburn McDonald, was awarded compensation for a work-related hernia by the administrative law judge, and the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission affirmed and adopted the law judge’s decision. Appellant has appealed, claiming that appellee failed to meet two of the criteria for a hernia to be compensable: (1) severe pain in the hernial region; and (2) physical distress so severe that it required the attendance of a licensed physician within seventy-two hours.

McDonald, who appeared before the Commission pro se, testified that he was employed by…