Reaves v. Uniroyal Tire Co.

YOUNG, Judge:

Subsequent to a final award of permanent partial disability, and in the absence of any provision in the final order for future medical payments, and in the absence of a motion to reopen for change of condition for the worse, the trial judge of the Workers’ Compensation Court awarded claimant, C.A. Reaves, additional medical and travel expenses. Petitioner, Uniroyal Tire Company, challenges the propriety of that order.

In 1979, Reaves received an accidental low back injury arising out of and in the course of his employment at Uniroyal. In its final order of October 2, 1981, the…