Matthews v. Industrial Commission

HAIRE, Judge.

The question stated by the petitioner in this review of an award entered in a workmen’s compensation proceeding is whether the absence of objective medical proof of injury alone will sustain a finding of no permanent disability where petitioner is unable to return to work due to subjective symptoms and there is no evidence which casts doubt on petitioner’s credibility. The obvious answer to this question is no. See Newman v. Industrial Commission, 14 Ariz.App. 154, 481 P.2d 524 (1971). This conclusion would require that the Commission’s award be set aside if the question had any…