BYSCZYNSKI v. United Parcel Services, Inc.

In this workers’ compensation appeal, Claimant seeks review of an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) that denies authorization of a cervical spine fusion. We reverse and remand for entry of an order authorizing the surgery because all of the medical evidence established that the need for the surgery was brought about solely by occupational injuries and, thus, the JCC erred in applying the major contributing cause standard in section 440.09(l)(b), Florida Statutes (2006), to deny the surgery.

Claimant, while working as a delivery driver for the Employer, suffered a com-pensable…