Accuride Corp. v. Donahoo

OPINION OF THE COURT

The claimant suffered a back injury on December 29, 1986, which formed the basis for this action. Claimant had suffered two previous back injuries in 1956 and 1985. Dr. Dominquez, claimant’s treating physician, testified that claimant had a functional impairment rating of 20% following the 1986 injury. He stated that 5% of the impairment was due to the previous injury and surgery in 1985. When asked to apportion the remaining 15% impairment between the effects of the injury itself and the arousal of the degenerative disc disease, Dr. Dominquez stated that the impairment…