Beasley v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

WEISBERG, Judge.

This is a review of an award denying medical benefits for surgery to treat hyperparathyroidism (“PTH”) and related kidney stones. The Administrative Law Judge (“A.L.J.”) found that these conditions are unrelated to the industrial back injury and surgeries. The issue on appeal is whether the treatment of the unrelated condition is compensable when the unrelated condition would independently require treatment notwithstanding the industrial injury. In this case, the unrelated condition will worsen the industrial injury and its treatment is a prerequisite to the treatment…