Legal Opinion
Rose E. Yahner v. Fire-X Corporation and Commonwealth Contractors Group Self-Insurance Association
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided April 30, 2019No. 1650181PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY CHIEF JUDGE MARLA GRAFF DECKER
*269 Rose Yahner (the claimant) appeals the decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission denying her request for a change in treating physician and her claim for medical benefits for unauthorized treatment. For the following reasons, we conclude that the Commission did not err in determining that the claimant failed to demonstrate either that circumstances warranted a change in her treating physician or that she was justified in seeking unauthorized medical treatment. Consequently, we affirm the Commission's decision.
*270 I. BACKGROUND
On May 13, 2016, the…
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