Cooper v. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

hGraylon Cooper appeals the decision of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission (the Commission), which found that he did not prove that he was permanently and totally disabled but awarded him a 23 percent wage-loss disability. He argues that the Commission’s decision is not supported by substantial evidence. We affirm.

Cooper, a surgical technician at UAMS, injured his back while transferring a patient from the operating table to a stretcher in May 2011. UAMS accepted the injury as compensable and paid for medical and indemnity benefits. Cooper underwent an anterior cervical discectomy…