Vickery v. North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

David Vickery appealed from an order affirming a Workers Compensation Bureau decision holding that Vickery lacked standing to petition for a hearing to challenge the Bureau’s denial of payment for medical tests he had undergone but which the Bureau found, based on the recommendation of a managed care administrator, were unnecessary. We affirm.

On November 22, 1978, Vickery filed a claim for benefits arising from a work-related low back injury sustained while employed in Williston. The Bureau accepted liability and paid medical expenses and disability benefits for…