Cross v. Crawford County Memorial Hospital

Judith Rogers, Judge.

This is an appeal from the Workers’ Compensation Commission’s order affirming and adopting the administrative law judge’s decision denying appellant’s claim for wage-loss disability benefits. On appeal, appellant argues that there is no substantial evidence to support the Commission’s denial of wage-loss disability benefits. We agree that the Commission’s decision cannot stand, and we reverse.

The record reveals that appellant was a fifty-nine-year-old practical nurse who worked for appellee for twenty-four years. She has a seventh grade education and worked her way to the…