Sacred Heart Hospital v. Grafton

SMITH, Judge.

We are asked to reverse an award entered by the deputy commissioner in the hearing below, awarding claimant reimbursement of funds she expended for construction of a lap pool at her home to enable her to engage in swimming exercise. We affirm.

Claimant suffers from recurring phlebitis and also has had a pulmonary embolus, a life-threatening condition, which occurred shortly after an injury to her left foot at work in April 1979. Treatment for claimant’s phlebitis involves anti-coagulant medication. In the course of her employment on November 12, 1979, claimant slipped and fell on…