Ellis v. McCall Insulation

Claimant seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order which held that SAIF had issued a de facto denial of claimant’s medical bills and that, therefore, the referee erred in ordering their payment.

Claimant suffered a compensable back injury in 1979 and was awarded 10 percent unscheduled disability in 1981. From the time of the injury, he received ongoing chiropractic care. SAIF paid for all of the treatments until January, 1985, when it paid for only two of eleven visits. In February, it paid for only two of twelve. After claimant changed chiropractors in July, 1985, no payments were…