Guidry v. American Legion Hospital

KEATY, Judge.

h Employer suspensively appeals from a judgment rendered by the workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) reversing a decision of the Louisiana Medical Director to deny the claimant’s request for a lumbar surgical procedure and, thereby, approving the procedure. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Claimant, Jacquenette Guidry, a registered nurse, injured her back on June 12, 2012, in the course and scope of her employment with American Legion Hospital while transferring a patient into a bed. According to the medical records attached to her Form 1008 Disputed Claim for Compensation, she…