Elk Roofing Co. v. Pinson

John E. Jennings, Judge.

Elk Roofing Company appeals from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission awarding Donald Pinson additional medical and temporary total disability benefits for a medical complication, which the Commission found was causally related to an earlier, admittedly compen-sable injury. We affirm the decision of the Commission.

In 1976, while employed as a truck driver for Elk Roofing, Pinson sustained a compensable injury when he was struck on the left leg with a two-by-four. As a result of the injury Pinson developed thrombophlebitis in the leg.1 Pinson subsequently…