State ex rel. Stroup v. Industrial Commission

In State, ex rel. Anderson, v. Indus. Comm. (1980), 62 Ohio St. 2d 166, 168 [16 O.O.3d 199], this court found “that where the issue before the commission is whether a claimant is permanently and totally disabled on account of the combined effect of two or more allowed conditions, medical testimony not evaluating the combined effect of those conditions cannot constitute evidence that the claimant is not permanently and totally disabled.” Relator argues that the reports of Drs. McCloud and Van der Veer did not evaluate the combined effect of the physical and psychiatric conditions upon which…