J. D. Jewell, Inc. v. Pirkle

Deen, Judge.

On a change of condition hearing in this workmen’s compensation case, the evidence is undisputed that the claimant sustained an accident in January, 1967, when a box he was lifting dropped on his leg; that there was an open infected abrasion and complaints of back pain; that an agreement to pay compensation was entered into; that the company doctor noted muscle spasm and other objective findings which he diagnosed as compensatory back strain; that he referred the employee to other doctors who hospitalized him in March, ■found acute lumbosacral sprain and possible disc injury with…