John B. Patton, Jr. v. Loudoun Co.Bd.of Supervisors

CLEMENTS, Judge.

John B. Patton, Jr., contends the Workers’ Compensation Commission erred in ruling that his employer, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, presented sufficient competent evidence to rebut the presumption under Code § 65.2-402(B) that his heart disease was an occupational disease suffered in the line of duty. We agree and reverse and remand this case.

*394As a preliminary matter, Patton contends the commission exceeded the scope of the Supreme Court’s remand order1 and violated the law of the case by reaching a different conclusion on remand. We disagree. The Supreme Court…