State, Department of Corrections v. Tharpe

SHIVERS, Judge.

The employer/carrier appeal from a workers’ compensation order, contending the deputy commissioner erred in:(1) determining that medical expenses connected with the treatment of claimant’s rectal bleeding were causally related to the compensable injury; and,(2) combining claimant’s noncovered, part-time employment wages with his covered employment wages to determine the average weekly wage for compensation.

We affirm the award of medical expenses related to claimant’s rectal bleeding, but reverse the determination of claimant’s average weekly wage.

Claimant sustained a…