Gross v. GENE BENNETT CO.

STEELMAN, Judge.

Where there was no previous finding of compensability by the Industrial Commission, no previous admission of compensability by the employer, and no agreement as to compensability between the parties, the Parsons presumption is not applicable. Where Dr. Allen’s opinion as to medical causation did not rise above the level of mere possibility, the Industrial Commission’s findings of fact as to medical causation were not supported by competent evidence.

I. Factual and Procedural History

David Gross (“plaintiff’) was working for Gene Bennett Co. (“Bennett”) as a steel…