Beale v. Hammons

WILHOIT, Judge.

These are petitions for review of an opinion of the Workers’ Compensation Board which reversed a decision of the administrative law judge. The appellee Geneva Hammons sought benefits for the partial amputation of her right foot. Mrs. Ham-mons, who has diabetes mellitus, developed a blister on the top of her right foot in April 1986 and was off work for over two months. A blister recurred in the same area within a week after her return to work. The blister ulcerated, osteomyelitis developed, and eventually a mid-metatarsal amputation of the right foot was performed. Hammons…