Laxner v. TARGET CORPORATION

In this workers’ compensation appeal, Claimant, Faith Laxner, challenges an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) that denies medical treatment and modalities which Claimant’s authorized orthopedist testified were necessary to determine the extent of Claimant’s com-pensable injury. Because competent substantial evidence supports the denial of benefits, we affirm.

Claimant correctly asserts that to establish entitlement to medical treatment, care, and modalities that have an investigatory or diagnostic purpose, the Workers’ Compensation Law does not require her to prove the major…