City of Richmond Police Department v. Claude Bass

FITZPATRICK, Chief Judge.

The City of Richmond Police Department (“employer”) appeals the Workers’ Compensation Commission’s decision awarding benefits to Claude A. Bass, Jr. (“claimant”). Employer argues that the commission erroneously: (1) excluded claimant’s testimony regarding the relationship between work stress and his hypertension; (2) found that his claim was not time-barred; (3) found that claimant established the presence of coronary artery disease and met his burden of proving a compensable occupational disease; and (4) found that employer’s evidence was insufficient to rebut the…