Jones v. North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau

GIERKE, Justice.

Calvin Jones appealed from a district court judgment affirming an order of the Workers Compensation Bureau denying him medical benefits. We affirm.

On December 17, 1983, Jones injured his lower back while employed in the oil fields near Williston. Jones was treated by Dr. Ronald Wright, a chiropractor in Williston. Dr. Wright diagnosed Jones’ injury as “thoracic strains and subluxation complexes initiating a thoracic radiculitis.” The Bureau paid Jones’ medical expenses for treatment by Dr. Wright in December 1983 and January 1984. On January 15, 1984, Dr. Wright reported that…