Poole v. State Accident Insurance Fund Corp.

The main issue in this workers’ compensation case is whether the carrier is responsible for payment of claimant’s bills for chiropractic treatment. The Workers’ Compensation Board concluded that the condition for which claimant received the treatment did not result from his compensable injury and so the carrier is not responsible. We affirm.

Claimant, a draftsman, compensably injured his back in March, 1978, when he lifted some desk drawers. In August, 1980, he received an award of 20 percent permanent partial disability. Shortly before that, claimant had begun treatment with a chiropractor,…