Claim of Brunetti v. Industrial Commission

BERMAN, Judge.

The claimant, John Brunetti, petitions for review of an Industrial Commission order which refused to reopen an award of permanent partial disability benefits. We affirm the order.

In 1977, while employed as a truck driver for Rio Grande Motor Way, Inc., the claimant slipped on some hydraulic fluid during the course of his employment. He sustained back injuries which eventually led to surgery on a herniated disk.

A neurosurgeon who was state-approved as claimant’s treating physician submitted a post-surgery report to the State Compensation Insurance Fund. The Fund then filed a…